Why were japanese americans living on the west coast interned after the pearl harbor attack?

Japanese Americans were interned because the people feared the presence of japan spies after japan attacked Pearl Harbor

During the World War II, the US forcefully relocated thousands of Japanese American’s to detention camps. This action was part of the racial discrimination treatment towards Asian immigrant.  

Further Explanation

On 7th December 1971, there was an attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese aircraft. As a result of the attack, the US war department was no more comfortable with continued stay of Japanese American in the west coast. They suspected that the Japanese American may sabotage their effort to gather intelligent or some of them might even become spies. Though, American lacked the evidence to support such claim against the Japanese America.

During that period, over 1,200 Japanese community leaders were arrested and all their assets were frozen. In February 1942, the US war department established 12 different restricted Zones. The zones were along the pacific coast. The war department establishes curfew for the Japanese American that reside with them. There were sanctions for any Japanese American that violated this law.  

The executive order 9066 issued by president Franklin Roosevelt activated the final removal of Japanese American to a detention camps. They are forcefully taken from their homes to first internment camps which was Manzanar situated in California.

More internment camps were later created between 1942 and 1945 and this put the total number of camp to 10 with over 120,000 Japanese Americans  

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