Department of Justice internment camps

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The Department of Justice internment camps were U.S.-run detention facilities that held Japanese Americans and other “enemy aliens” during World War II under federal law enforcement and security authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II internment facility ⓘ
internment camp system ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction enemy aliens in the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
detained German nationals ⓘ
Italian nationals ⓘ
Japanese Americans classified as enemy aliens ⓘ
Japanese nationals ⓘ
Latin American Germans ⓘ
Latin American Italians ⓘ
Latin American Japanese ⓘ
other Axis nationals ⓘ
distinctFrom War Department prisoner-of-war camps ⓘ
War Relocation Authority camps ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
governedBy United States federal law enforcement authority ⓘ
hasPart Bismarck Internment Camp ⓘ
Crystal City Internment Camp ⓘ
Fort Lincoln Internment Camp ⓘ
Fort Missoula Internment Camp ⓘ
Kenedy Internment Camp ⓘ
Kooskia Internment Camp ⓘ
Santa Fe Internment Camp ⓘ
Seagoville Internment Camp ⓘ
legalBasis Alien Enemies Act of 1798 ⓘ
Presidential proclamations 2525, 2526, and 2527 ⓘ
locatedIn United States ⓘ
continental United States ⓘ
notableCamp Crystal City Internment Camp ⓘ
Santa Fe Internment Camp ⓘ
numberOfInternees tens of thousands ⓘ
operatedBy Immigration and Naturalization Service ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf World War II home front in the United States ⓘ
purpose detention of enemy aliens during World War II ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
relatedTo German American internment ⓘ
Italian American internment ⓘ
Japanese American incarceration ⓘ
Latin American Japanese internment ⓘ
securityClassification high-security detention facilities ⓘ
selectionProcess individual arrest and hearing procedures ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
subjectOf United States government investigations of wartime internment ⓘ
scholarship on Japanese American internment ⓘ
supervisedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ

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Japanese American internment → includes → Department of Justice internment camps ⓘ
World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Internment of German Americans ⓘ
linked to: Department of Justice internment camps
Fort Missoula → significantEvent → World War II internment operations ⓘ
linked to: Department of Justice internment camps