“Japanese Americans were explicitly told that the simple fact of their ancestry would override any amount of patriotism.” Although they showed utter commitment to the United States, they were still treated as enemies. Although Japanese Americans had done no crime, they were all relocated because of their ancestry. America did not see them as citizens, although two-thirds had been born in the United States an over 70 percent were indeed American Citizens. “But unlike internment, which was based, however inaccurately, on something the individual did or was supposed to have done, the incarceration of Japanese Americans was based on birth or ancestry” (Daniels 301). Japanese Americans were subjected to discrimination and unjustified laws which included limitations to owning land, businesses, or even becoming citizens because
“Japanese Americans were explicitly told that the simple fact of their ancestry would override any amount of patriotism.” Although they showed utter commitment to the United States, they were still treated as enemies. Although Japanese Americans had done no crime, they were all relocated because of their ancestry. America did not see them as citizens, although two-thirds had been born in the United States an over 70 percent were indeed American Citizens. “But unlike internment, which was based, however inaccurately, on something the individual did or was supposed to have done, the incarceration of Japanese Americans was based on birth or ancestry” (Daniels 301). Japanese Americans were subjected to discrimination and unjustified laws which included limitations to owning land, businesses, or even becoming citizens because