relocation camp

relocation camp
   American
   an institution for the imprisonment of enemy aliens
   The language is the same as that of the Nazis, but the intention was merely to safeguard the Union against possible subversive action by Japanese Americans, of whom many lived in the Pacific states:
    ... most of them interned at the time in 'relocation camps'. (Jennings, 1965 — in fact those interned remained staunchly loyal to their adopted country)

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