Vietnamese Immigration
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Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnamese refugees have flocked to the U.S. in four waves in order to escape from the political persecution of the Communist government. The first wave of refugees consisted of successful and wealthy Vietnamese who were evacuated from Saigon by the Americans. In an efficient evacuation campaign, 120,000 Vietnamese were carried to four domestic military bases by ship and plane (Weiss 32). In the late seventies, the second wave, comprising ethnic Chinese and fishermen escaped to the U.S. in boats (Weiss 33). After the then-Secretary of State George Schultz's proposal in 1984, Amerasian children who were outcasts in the Vietnamese society were allowed to enter the U.S ("Forgotten Children," 32). Former political prisoners who were released from the notorious re-education camps constituted the fourth wave of refugees. They were accepted under a special State Department resettlement program called the Orderly Departure Program (ODP) (Weiss 32). Among the four waves of refugees, the second wave of boat people experienced the greatest hardship in their journey to the U.S. In spite of their meticulous preparation for their journey and great expenditure, they faced numerous obstacles. First, they had to elude the coastal patrols. Vietnamese patrol boats fired at the boats and sank many refugee boats ("Vietnam" 57). Some of the others were captured by the authorities and sent to prison camps. Next, they were victimized by Thai pirates in t
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nd work or enroll in schools, as was permitted during the 1970s (75). Instead of granting them immediate asylum in Hong Kong until resettlement to the West, the refugees had been confined to the camps until the asylum request was fully processedù-a procedure that could take years (Strubbe 75).
Furthermore, the refugees who were finally granted asylum to the U.S. after spending years in the refugee camps faced tremendous difficulties adjusting to a new life in the U.S. In Dorchester, which contains mid-sized Vietnamese populations, successful Vietnamese flee from Vietnamese ghettos to establish their businesses in the suburbs. Unemployment in the Vietnamese enclaves ranges from 20 to 50 percent (Weiss 35). Refugees suffer from depression and severe headaches. In fact, the wave of political refugees faced the greatest difficulties, compared to the second wave of boat people, because they underwent incredible psychological and physical tortures in the Vietnamese re-education camps (Weiss 37). Therefore, by the time they arrived in the U.S., they were so scarred from their experiences they required assistance that was not made available to them because of limited resources.
The cultural maladjustment of many refugees also a
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Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page)
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