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VIETNAMESE IMMIGRATION 
Presented by: 
Angelica - editor 
Pedro - researcher 
Steven - director 
Vicky - artistic director
LLIIFFEE IINN TTHHEE OOLLDD WWOORRLLDD
TTHHEE UUNNIITTEEDD SSTTAATTEESS IINN 11996644 
ONLY 604 VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
THEY WERE MAINLY: 
- STUDENTS 
- LANGUAGE TEACHERS 
- DIPLOMATS
THE VIETNAM WAR 
(1956 - 1975) 
(1956 - 1975) 
AGENT ORANGE 
- DESTROYED RAIN FORESTS 
- DESTROYED CROPS 
- HEAVILY DAMAGED FOETUS 
CHROMOSOMES 
- CAUSED A VARIETY OF 
DISEASES
THE VIETNAM WAR 
(1956 - 1975) 
(1956 - 1975) 
AGENT ORANGE 
- DESTROYED RAIN FORESTS 
- DESTROYED CROPS 
- HEAVILY DAMAGED FOETUS 
CHROMOSOMES 
- CAUSED A VARIETY OF 
DISEASES
THE VIETNAM WAR 
(1956 - 1975) 
(1956 - 1975) 
AGENT ORANGE 
- DESTROYED RAIN FORESTS 
- DESTROYED CROPS 
- HEAVILY DAMAGED FOETUS 
CHROMOSOMES 
- CAUSED A VARIETY OF 
DISEASES 
AMERICAN BOMBS 
- 8 MILLION DROPPED 
1965 - 1973 
- MANY DID NOT DETONATE 
- STILL A THREAT
THE VIETNAM WAR 
(1956 - 1975) 
(1956 - 1975) 
MASSACRES 
- PINKVILLE (CODENAME) 
WAS THE LARGEST 
RECORDED MASSACRE OF 
VIETNAMESE CITIZENS 
- MANY MORE, SMALLER 
SCALE MASSACRES 
OCCURRED, BUT WERE NOT 
RECORDED
THE FALL OF SAIGON 
THE END OF THE WAR 
THE END OF THE WAR 
APRIL 30, 1975 
- THE NORTH TAKES OVER 
THE SOUTH 
- INTENDED TO PERSECUTE 
ANYONE IN SUPPORT OF 
SOUTHERN VIETNAMESE
TTHHEE FFAALLLL OOFF SSAAIIGGOONN 
ON THOSE LAST DAYS OF APRIL, [THERE WAS] A 
LOT OF GUNFIRE AND BOMBING AROUND THE 
CAPITAL. PEOPLE WERE RUNNING ON CHAOTIC 
STREETS. WE GOT SCARED WE WENT TO AN 
AMERICAN BUILDING WHERE A LOT OF 
AMERICANS AND THEIR VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATES 
WERE READY TO BE PICKED UP BY AMERICAN 
HELICOPTERS. 
- VIETNAMESE REFUGEE
TTHHEE FFIIRRSSTT WWAAVVEE ((11997755)) 
- MOST ONLY FLED IN FEAR 
TO ESCAPE NORTHERN 
TROOPS 
- MOSTLY MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AND THEIR 
FAMILIES 
- EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS 
- 36% OF HOUSEHOLD 
HEADS GRADUATED FROM 
HIGH SCHOOL 
- 16% AT LEAST WENT TO 
COLLEGE 
- MANY KNEW ENGLISH
SSEECCOONNDD WWAAVVEE 
NEW COMMUNIST POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND 
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES 
- SEIZED AND 
REDISTRIBUTED FARMLAND 
- CLOSED ETHNIC-CHINESE 
VIETNAMESE BUSINESSES 
- FORCED RELOCATION FROM 
URBAN TO RURAL AREAS 
- REEDUCATED AND 
TORTURED EVERYONE 
INVOLVED WITH SOUTHERN 
TROOPS
SSEECCOONNDD WWAAVVEE 
OTHER PUSH FACTORS 
- HIGH POVERTY RATES; 
NEED TO FIND BETTER 
WORK 
- PARENTS WANTED SONS 
TO ESCAPE DRAFT 
- DISCRIMINATION AND 
PERSECUTION
SSEECCOONNDD WWAAVVEE 
ETHNIC-CHINESE VIETNAMESE 
- WERE CHINESE THAT WERE 
VIETNAMESE CITIZENS 
- 40% OF SECOND WAVE 
- FACED HOSTILITY FROM 
VIETNAMESE SOCIETY FOR 
DECADES 
- TARGET OF DISCRIMINATION 
BY COMMUNISTS
SSEECCOONNDD WWAAVVEE 
THOSE WITH EDUCATION 
- SMALL NUMBERS 
- DOCTORS 
- LAWYERS 
- PROFESSORS, ETC. 
- KNEW ENGLISH 
THOSE WITHOUT 
- FISHERMEN 
- FARMERS 
- STOREKEEPERS 
- FROM RURAL AREAS, VILLAGES, 
AND SMALL COASTAL CITIES 
- MOST DIDNT KNOW ENGLISH 
- HIGHLY IMPOVERISHED 
- IMMIGRATED WITH FAMILIES
TTHHIIRRDD WWAAVVEE ((8800SS AANNDD 9900SS)) 
- TRYING TO ESCAPE WAR 
BETWEEN VIETNAM AND 
CHINA 
- MOSTLY CHILDREN AND 
TEENAGE BOYS 
- PRISONERS OF WAR
TTHHEE VVOOYYAAGGEE
EESSCCAAPPIINNGG TTHHEE CCOOMMMMUUNNIISSTTSS 
- AIRLIFTED BY THE 
AMERICANS 
- FLED ON MILITARY CARGO 
SHIPS 
- LESS THAN TEN HOURS 
NOTICE 
- MOST DIDNT KNOW 
WHERE TO GO; FOLLOWED 
CROWD
EESSCCAAPPIINNGG TTHHEE CCOOMMMMUUNNIISSTTSS 
WHAT WAS THE ONE EVENT DURING THE TRIP [EVACUATION] YOU 
WILL NEVER FORGET? 
- INTERVIEWER 
IT WAS WHEN ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE 
TRYING TO GET ON THE PLANE AT THE AIRPORT. 
I SAW PEOPLE JAMMING THE DOOR AND WOMEN 
AND CHILDREN COULD NOT GET ON. THE 
SHELLING CAME CLOSER AND THEN THE PLANE 
TOOK OFF WITH PEOPLE STILL HANGING AT THE 
DOOR. 
- VIETNAMESE WOMAN EN ROUTE FROM 
PHILIPPINES TO US
EESSCCAAPPIINNGG TTHHEE CCOOMMMMUUNNIISSTTSS 
OPERATION NEW LIFE 
- REFUGEES TRANSFERRED TO 
US BASES 
- GUAM 
- THAILAND 
- WAKE ISLAND 
- HAWAII 
- PHILIPPINES 
- AWAITED PROCESSING 
- SENT TO FOUR REFUGEE CENTERS 
IN US: 
- CAMP PENDLETON (CA) 
- FORT CHAFFEE (AK) 
-EGLIN AIR FORCE (FL) 
- FORT INDIANTOWN GAP (PA)
TTHHEE BBOOAATT PPEEOOPPLLEE 
- EXTREMELY UNSAFE, 
CROWDED FISHING BOATS 
- MAIN MODE OF 
IMMIGRATION 
FROM SECOND WAVE ON 
- LARGE STORMS 
- STARVATION 
- DEHYDRATION 
- 2/3 ATTACKED BY PIRATES; 
EACH BOAT AVG. 2 TIMES
TTHHEE BBOOAATT PPEEOOPPLLEE 
"WE ENCOUNTERED PIRATES ON OUR 
JOURNEY. THEY LOWERED A DINGHY 
FROM THEIR SHIP TO COME TO OUR BOAT, 
AND THEY RAPED THE WOMEN AND 
YOUNG GIRLS. THEY INTENDED TO SINK 
OUR BOAT. 
WE HAD TO GIVE THEM ALL OF OUR 
MONEY AND JEWELRY. AFTER THE 
PIRATES LEFT, 
[WE] SAILED FOR A WHILE, 
THEN SAW A MALAYSIAN OIL TANKER.
TTHHEE BBOOAATT PPEEOOPPLLEE 
"IF WE HADN'T SEEN IT, 
WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DROWNED, 
BECAUSE THAT NIGHT THE WIND AND THE 
CURRENT WERE VERY STRONG, AND OUR BOAT 
WAS SMALL, 
LIKE A SMALL FISHING BOAT. THERE WERE 126 
PEOPLE ON BOARD, LYING NEXT TO ONE 
ANOTHER. MANY CHILDREN BECAME SEASICK. 
THEY VOMITED. 
THEIR EYES WERE ALL WHITE. 
[WE] THOUGHT THEY WERE DEAD." 
- LE THI SEN
TTHHEE BBOOAATT PPEEOOPPLLEE 
- FLEEING TO ASYLUM CAMPS 
IN: 
- MALAYSIA 
- THAILAND 
- SINGAPORE 
- INDONESIA 
- PHILIPPINES 
- HONG KONG 
- WAITED FOR ACCEPTANCE FROM 
FOREIGN NATIONS 
- OFTEN WAITED YEARS 
- 40-60,000 PICKED UP BY 
AMERICAN NAVY SHIPS; 
TRANSPORTED TO GUAM AND 
PHILIPPINES
WWHHYY TTHHEEYY CCAAMMEE
WWHHYY TTHHEEYY CCAAMMEE 
- UNITED STATES 
SUPPORTED SOUTH 
VIETNAM 
- ONLY COUNTRY TO ACCEPT 
VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS 
AT THE TIME 
- SAFETY 
- FREEDOM 
- MORE OPPORTUNITIES 
- GREATER ECONOMIC AND 
SOCIAL STABILITY
WWHHYY TTHHEEYY CCAAMMEE 
- PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY 
COULD RETURN TO 
VIETNAM 
- 1977 SURVEY: 
41% OF HOUSEHOLD 
HEADS PLANNED TO 
MOVE BACK TO VIETNAM
WWOORRKK AANNDD SSEETTTTIINNGG
VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANT POPULATION IINN UUSS ((11998800 -- 22001122
SSEETTTTLLIINNGG IINN TTHHEE SSTTAATTEESS 
- MOSTLY SETTLED IN 
WARMER STATES 
- 40% IN CALIFORNIA 
- 7.2% IN TEXAS 
MAIN CITIES (IN ORDER OF POPULATION 
- LOS ANGELES, CA 
- LONG BEACH, CA 
- SANTA ANA, CA 
- SAN JOSE, CA 
- SUNNYVALE, CA 
- SANTA CLARA, CA 
- HOUSTON, TX
TOP DESTINATION STATES FOR VIETNAMESE IIMMMMIIGGRRAANNTTSS ((22000088--22001122))
TOP METROPOLITAN AREA DESTINATIONS FOR VIETNAMESE IIMMMMIIGGRRAANNTTSS ((22000088--22001122))
HHOOUUSSIINNGG 
- COMPETED WITH 
AMERICANS FOR LOW 
INCOME HOUSING 
- LIVED IN PROCESSING 
CAMPS 
- LARGER FAMILIES: ABOUT 5 
- SUBURBS, URBAN AREAS
HHOOUUSSIINNGG AANNDD EEMMPPLLOOYYMMEENNTT 
- DESPITE EDUCATION OF 
SOME, HAD TO GET 
WHATEVER JOBS AVAILABLE 
- JANITORS, LIMOUSINE 
DRIVERS, ETC. 
- CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO 
FISHING INDUSTRY IN SOUTH 
- OVER TIME, VIETNAMESE 
IMMIGRANTS (SECOND 
GENERATION) TOOK THE 
LEAD IN EDUCATION 
- INCREASE IN AVERAGE 
INCOME 
- LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 
5-6%
HHOOUUSSIINNGG AANNDD EEMMPPLLOOYYMMEENNTT 
- WIDER VARIETY OF JOBS 
- MANAGEMENT 
- ART, SCIENCE 
- SERVICE 
- SALES, OFFICE, 
GOVERNMENT 
- NATURAL RESOURCES, 
CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE 
- FOOD: FISHING, 
SHRIMPING, FARMING 
- PRODUCTION, 
TRANSPORTATION, MATERIAL 
MOVING 
- ~10% SELF-EMPLOYED IN 1990
EMPLOYED IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (AGES 16+) BY OCCUPATION AANNDD OORRIIGGIINN,, 22001122
VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN 
SAN JOSE 
SAN JOSE 
- MANY ENTREPRENEURS 
- 40% OF RETAIL BUSINESSES 
IN DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE 
- MANY VIETNAMESE CUISINE 
RESTAURANTS 
- HAIR SALONS 
- GRAND CENTURY MALL 
- LEE SANDWICHES
PPRREEJJUUDDIICCEESS
JJUUDDGGEEDD BBYY AAMMEERRIICCAANNSS 
- DISLIKED BY AMERICAN 
CITIZENS BECAUSE OF 
COMPETITION AND MEDIA 
- MEDIA ONLY FOCUSED ON 
AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT 
IN WAR; DIDNT SHOW 
VIETNAMESE PERSPECTIVE 
- 1975 POLL: ONLY 36% OF 
AMERICANS IN FAVOR OF 
VIETNAMESE IMMIGRATION.
DISCRIMINATION AANNDD SSTTEERREEOOTTYYPPEESS 
- DISCRIMINATION IN 
WORKPLACES, COURTS, 
AND BY POLICE 
- TARGETS OF KU KLUX KLAN 
- DENIED ACCESS TO 
EDUCATION AND VOTING 
- CALLED CHINK 
- "GO BACK TO CHINA 
- BELIEVED TO ALL BE 
OVERACHIEVERS IN 
SCHOOL 
- BELIEVED TO ALL BE 
REFUGEES
DISCRIMINATION AANNDD SSTTEERREEOOTTYYPPEESS 
T.T.NHU COMMENTED IN SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS 1988: 
MANY REFUGEES FIND THAT THEY FACE 
ANOTHER TYRANNY IN THIS COUNTRY IN 
THE FORM OF INSISTENCE ON POLITICAL 
CONFORMITY IT IS REMINISCENT OF 
NIGHTMARISH TIMES ALREADY 
EXPERIENCED IN THIS COUNTRY DURING 
THE MCCARTHY ERA.
LLAAWWSS
INDOCHINA MIGRATION 
AND REFUGEE ACT OF 
1975 
1975 
1975 
PASSED BY FORD ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT 
ARRIVAL OF VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS
REFUGEE ACT OF 
1980 
1980 
PASSED BY CONGRESS TO HELP VIETNAMESE 
IMMIGRANTS 
- REDUCED RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY 
INTO US 
- DEFINED REFUGEE 
- CREATED OFFICE OF REFUGEE 
RESETTLEMENT 
- SET NUMBER OF ANNUAL REFUGEE 
ADMISSIONS TO 50,000 (EXCEPT FOR 
EMERGENCIES) 
- REFUGEE COULD ADJUST STATUS 
AFTER ONE YEAR TO BECOME 
PERMANENT CITIZEN 
- AFTER FOUR YEARS, COULD BECOME 
US CITIZEN
OOTTHHEERR LLAAWWSS 
- GRANTED ENTRY INTO US 
TO CHILDREN OF AMERICAN 
SERVICEMEN AND FORMER 
POLITICAL PRISONERS
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  • 1. VIETNAMESE IMMIGRATION Presented by: Angelica - editor Pedro - researcher Steven - director Vicky - artistic director
  • 2. LLIIFFEE IINN TTHHEE OOLLDD WWOORRLLDD
  • 3. TTHHEE UUNNIITTEEDD SSTTAATTEESS IINN 11996644 ONLY 604 VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY WERE MAINLY: - STUDENTS - LANGUAGE TEACHERS - DIPLOMATS
  • 4. THE VIETNAM WAR (1956 - 1975) (1956 - 1975) AGENT ORANGE - DESTROYED RAIN FORESTS - DESTROYED CROPS - HEAVILY DAMAGED FOETUS CHROMOSOMES - CAUSED A VARIETY OF DISEASES
  • 5. THE VIETNAM WAR (1956 - 1975) (1956 - 1975) AGENT ORANGE - DESTROYED RAIN FORESTS - DESTROYED CROPS - HEAVILY DAMAGED FOETUS CHROMOSOMES - CAUSED A VARIETY OF DISEASES
  • 6. THE VIETNAM WAR (1956 - 1975) (1956 - 1975) AGENT ORANGE - DESTROYED RAIN FORESTS - DESTROYED CROPS - HEAVILY DAMAGED FOETUS CHROMOSOMES - CAUSED A VARIETY OF DISEASES AMERICAN BOMBS - 8 MILLION DROPPED 1965 - 1973 - MANY DID NOT DETONATE - STILL A THREAT
  • 7. THE VIETNAM WAR (1956 - 1975) (1956 - 1975) MASSACRES - PINKVILLE (CODENAME) WAS THE LARGEST RECORDED MASSACRE OF VIETNAMESE CITIZENS - MANY MORE, SMALLER SCALE MASSACRES OCCURRED, BUT WERE NOT RECORDED
  • 8. THE FALL OF SAIGON THE END OF THE WAR THE END OF THE WAR APRIL 30, 1975 - THE NORTH TAKES OVER THE SOUTH - INTENDED TO PERSECUTE ANYONE IN SUPPORT OF SOUTHERN VIETNAMESE
  • 9. TTHHEE FFAALLLL OOFF SSAAIIGGOONN ON THOSE LAST DAYS OF APRIL, [THERE WAS] A LOT OF GUNFIRE AND BOMBING AROUND THE CAPITAL. PEOPLE WERE RUNNING ON CHAOTIC STREETS. WE GOT SCARED WE WENT TO AN AMERICAN BUILDING WHERE A LOT OF AMERICANS AND THEIR VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATES WERE READY TO BE PICKED UP BY AMERICAN HELICOPTERS. - VIETNAMESE REFUGEE
  • 10. TTHHEE FFIIRRSSTT WWAAVVEE ((11997755)) - MOST ONLY FLED IN FEAR TO ESCAPE NORTHERN TROOPS - MOSTLY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES - EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS - 36% OF HOUSEHOLD HEADS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL - 16% AT LEAST WENT TO COLLEGE - MANY KNEW ENGLISH
  • 11. SSEECCOONNDD WWAAVVEE NEW COMMUNIST POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES - SEIZED AND REDISTRIBUTED FARMLAND - CLOSED ETHNIC-CHINESE VIETNAMESE BUSINESSES - FORCED RELOCATION FROM URBAN TO RURAL AREAS - REEDUCATED AND TORTURED EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH SOUTHERN TROOPS
  • 12. SSEECCOONNDD WWAAVVEE OTHER PUSH FACTORS - HIGH POVERTY RATES; NEED TO FIND BETTER WORK - PARENTS WANTED SONS TO ESCAPE DRAFT - DISCRIMINATION AND PERSECUTION
  • 13. SSEECCOONNDD WWAAVVEE ETHNIC-CHINESE VIETNAMESE - WERE CHINESE THAT WERE VIETNAMESE CITIZENS - 40% OF SECOND WAVE - FACED HOSTILITY FROM VIETNAMESE SOCIETY FOR DECADES - TARGET OF DISCRIMINATION BY COMMUNISTS
  • 14. SSEECCOONNDD WWAAVVEE THOSE WITH EDUCATION - SMALL NUMBERS - DOCTORS - LAWYERS - PROFESSORS, ETC. - KNEW ENGLISH THOSE WITHOUT - FISHERMEN - FARMERS - STOREKEEPERS - FROM RURAL AREAS, VILLAGES, AND SMALL COASTAL CITIES - MOST DIDNT KNOW ENGLISH - HIGHLY IMPOVERISHED - IMMIGRATED WITH FAMILIES
  • 15. TTHHIIRRDD WWAAVVEE ((8800SS AANNDD 9900SS)) - TRYING TO ESCAPE WAR BETWEEN VIETNAM AND CHINA - MOSTLY CHILDREN AND TEENAGE BOYS - PRISONERS OF WAR
  • 17. EESSCCAAPPIINNGG TTHHEE CCOOMMMMUUNNIISSTTSS - AIRLIFTED BY THE AMERICANS - FLED ON MILITARY CARGO SHIPS - LESS THAN TEN HOURS NOTICE - MOST DIDNT KNOW WHERE TO GO; FOLLOWED CROWD
  • 18. EESSCCAAPPIINNGG TTHHEE CCOOMMMMUUNNIISSTTSS WHAT WAS THE ONE EVENT DURING THE TRIP [EVACUATION] YOU WILL NEVER FORGET? - INTERVIEWER IT WAS WHEN ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET ON THE PLANE AT THE AIRPORT. I SAW PEOPLE JAMMING THE DOOR AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN COULD NOT GET ON. THE SHELLING CAME CLOSER AND THEN THE PLANE TOOK OFF WITH PEOPLE STILL HANGING AT THE DOOR. - VIETNAMESE WOMAN EN ROUTE FROM PHILIPPINES TO US
  • 19. EESSCCAAPPIINNGG TTHHEE CCOOMMMMUUNNIISSTTSS OPERATION NEW LIFE - REFUGEES TRANSFERRED TO US BASES - GUAM - THAILAND - WAKE ISLAND - HAWAII - PHILIPPINES - AWAITED PROCESSING - SENT TO FOUR REFUGEE CENTERS IN US: - CAMP PENDLETON (CA) - FORT CHAFFEE (AK) -EGLIN AIR FORCE (FL) - FORT INDIANTOWN GAP (PA)
  • 20. TTHHEE BBOOAATT PPEEOOPPLLEE - EXTREMELY UNSAFE, CROWDED FISHING BOATS - MAIN MODE OF IMMIGRATION FROM SECOND WAVE ON - LARGE STORMS - STARVATION - DEHYDRATION - 2/3 ATTACKED BY PIRATES; EACH BOAT AVG. 2 TIMES
  • 21. TTHHEE BBOOAATT PPEEOOPPLLEE "WE ENCOUNTERED PIRATES ON OUR JOURNEY. THEY LOWERED A DINGHY FROM THEIR SHIP TO COME TO OUR BOAT, AND THEY RAPED THE WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS. THEY INTENDED TO SINK OUR BOAT. WE HAD TO GIVE THEM ALL OF OUR MONEY AND JEWELRY. AFTER THE PIRATES LEFT, [WE] SAILED FOR A WHILE, THEN SAW A MALAYSIAN OIL TANKER.
  • 22. TTHHEE BBOOAATT PPEEOOPPLLEE "IF WE HADN'T SEEN IT, WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DROWNED, BECAUSE THAT NIGHT THE WIND AND THE CURRENT WERE VERY STRONG, AND OUR BOAT WAS SMALL, LIKE A SMALL FISHING BOAT. THERE WERE 126 PEOPLE ON BOARD, LYING NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER. MANY CHILDREN BECAME SEASICK. THEY VOMITED. THEIR EYES WERE ALL WHITE. [WE] THOUGHT THEY WERE DEAD." - LE THI SEN
  • 23. TTHHEE BBOOAATT PPEEOOPPLLEE - FLEEING TO ASYLUM CAMPS IN: - MALAYSIA - THAILAND - SINGAPORE - INDONESIA - PHILIPPINES - HONG KONG - WAITED FOR ACCEPTANCE FROM FOREIGN NATIONS - OFTEN WAITED YEARS - 40-60,000 PICKED UP BY AMERICAN NAVY SHIPS; TRANSPORTED TO GUAM AND PHILIPPINES
  • 25. WWHHYY TTHHEEYY CCAAMMEE - UNITED STATES SUPPORTED SOUTH VIETNAM - ONLY COUNTRY TO ACCEPT VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS AT THE TIME - SAFETY - FREEDOM - MORE OPPORTUNITIES - GREATER ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STABILITY
  • 26. WWHHYY TTHHEEYY CCAAMMEE - PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY COULD RETURN TO VIETNAM - 1977 SURVEY: 41% OF HOUSEHOLD HEADS PLANNED TO MOVE BACK TO VIETNAM
  • 28. VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANT POPULATION IINN UUSS ((11998800 -- 22001122
  • 29. SSEETTTTLLIINNGG IINN TTHHEE SSTTAATTEESS - MOSTLY SETTLED IN WARMER STATES - 40% IN CALIFORNIA - 7.2% IN TEXAS MAIN CITIES (IN ORDER OF POPULATION - LOS ANGELES, CA - LONG BEACH, CA - SANTA ANA, CA - SAN JOSE, CA - SUNNYVALE, CA - SANTA CLARA, CA - HOUSTON, TX
  • 30. TOP DESTINATION STATES FOR VIETNAMESE IIMMMMIIGGRRAANNTTSS ((22000088--22001122))
  • 31. TOP METROPOLITAN AREA DESTINATIONS FOR VIETNAMESE IIMMMMIIGGRRAANNTTSS ((22000088--22001122))
  • 32. HHOOUUSSIINNGG - COMPETED WITH AMERICANS FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING - LIVED IN PROCESSING CAMPS - LARGER FAMILIES: ABOUT 5 - SUBURBS, URBAN AREAS
  • 33. HHOOUUSSIINNGG AANNDD EEMMPPLLOOYYMMEENNTT - DESPITE EDUCATION OF SOME, HAD TO GET WHATEVER JOBS AVAILABLE - JANITORS, LIMOUSINE DRIVERS, ETC. - CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO FISHING INDUSTRY IN SOUTH - OVER TIME, VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS (SECOND GENERATION) TOOK THE LEAD IN EDUCATION - INCREASE IN AVERAGE INCOME - LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 5-6%
  • 34. HHOOUUSSIINNGG AANNDD EEMMPPLLOOYYMMEENNTT - WIDER VARIETY OF JOBS - MANAGEMENT - ART, SCIENCE - SERVICE - SALES, OFFICE, GOVERNMENT - NATURAL RESOURCES, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE - FOOD: FISHING, SHRIMPING, FARMING - PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, MATERIAL MOVING - ~10% SELF-EMPLOYED IN 1990
  • 35. EMPLOYED IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (AGES 16+) BY OCCUPATION AANNDD OORRIIGGIINN,, 22001122
  • 36. VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN SAN JOSE SAN JOSE - MANY ENTREPRENEURS - 40% OF RETAIL BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE - MANY VIETNAMESE CUISINE RESTAURANTS - HAIR SALONS - GRAND CENTURY MALL - LEE SANDWICHES
  • 38. JJUUDDGGEEDD BBYY AAMMEERRIICCAANNSS - DISLIKED BY AMERICAN CITIZENS BECAUSE OF COMPETITION AND MEDIA - MEDIA ONLY FOCUSED ON AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN WAR; DIDNT SHOW VIETNAMESE PERSPECTIVE - 1975 POLL: ONLY 36% OF AMERICANS IN FAVOR OF VIETNAMESE IMMIGRATION.
  • 39. DISCRIMINATION AANNDD SSTTEERREEOOTTYYPPEESS - DISCRIMINATION IN WORKPLACES, COURTS, AND BY POLICE - TARGETS OF KU KLUX KLAN - DENIED ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND VOTING - CALLED CHINK - "GO BACK TO CHINA - BELIEVED TO ALL BE OVERACHIEVERS IN SCHOOL - BELIEVED TO ALL BE REFUGEES
  • 40. DISCRIMINATION AANNDD SSTTEERREEOOTTYYPPEESS T.T.NHU COMMENTED IN SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS 1988: MANY REFUGEES FIND THAT THEY FACE ANOTHER TYRANNY IN THIS COUNTRY IN THE FORM OF INSISTENCE ON POLITICAL CONFORMITY IT IS REMINISCENT OF NIGHTMARISH TIMES ALREADY EXPERIENCED IN THIS COUNTRY DURING THE MCCARTHY ERA.
  • 42. INDOCHINA MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ACT OF 1975 1975 1975 PASSED BY FORD ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT ARRIVAL OF VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS
  • 43. REFUGEE ACT OF 1980 1980 PASSED BY CONGRESS TO HELP VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS - REDUCED RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY INTO US - DEFINED REFUGEE - CREATED OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT - SET NUMBER OF ANNUAL REFUGEE ADMISSIONS TO 50,000 (EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES) - REFUGEE COULD ADJUST STATUS AFTER ONE YEAR TO BECOME PERMANENT CITIZEN - AFTER FOUR YEARS, COULD BECOME US CITIZEN
  • 44. OOTTHHEERR LLAAWWSS - GRANTED ENTRY INTO US TO CHILDREN OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN AND FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS
  • 45. Thank you for listening