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Argumentative Essay On Vietnamese Refugees

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While America’s government felt that aiding the Vietnamese refugees was the best solution, many Americans held negative judgments toward them, causing a division between American citizens and Vietnamese refugees. Prior to America granting refugees permission to enter, Americans struggled with the education system in cities and economically. When the government began to use “two thirds of the taxes for the war” (Chisholm), rather than for issues happening at home, people started to grow angry. The government uses taxes to help supply different divisions with money to help American citizens, however if majority of this money goes to aiding outside sources, then Americans are left to suffer. By using American money to support the Vietnamese, resentment

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