Immigration To Vietnam Research Paper

Growing up in a family that have many relatives immigrating to the U.S in different ways, I always want to know more about people’s journey to the United States. Therefore, I decided to interview my Professor, Dr. Lan Hong about her journey coming to the U.S after Vietnam war.

Unfortunately, Vietnamese Americans make up only a small percent of the total American Population today. There are many stereotypes associated with the Vietnamese, but the truth is, we really know very little about their culture. After the Viet Nam War, many Vietnamese citizens immigrated to the United States to escape political Prosecution and poverty. Faced with a variety of obstacles and

Based on Uong experience, fleeing into America was not an easy journey. “Those who escaped death by drowning had to endure multiple robberies, rape, or assault at the hands of the Thai pirates (an estimate two-thirds of boats were raided)” (Cao 6). Due to complications, there were individuals who were not able to flee the country by boat. “Those who did not flee the country via the seas escaped Vietnam by dangerous land routes through Cambodia to Thailand” (Cao 7). As for Uong experience, he escaped Vietnam very easily. “It was April 30, 1975, and Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was under siege. I was 10, the youngest of eight children” (Uong 1). Only being 10 years old, he was forced to run away from home in order to search for a better life. Hoping that he and his siblings would make it to safety, Uong parents told them to leave. Uong stated, “My parents, hoping to get us away from the chaos, told my brothers and sister to get on our bikes and ride away. When things calmed down, they said, we should come back” (Uong 2). After they had ridden away, they were able to see a “small South Vietnamese navy ship

When Vietnam-born Victorians were first counted separately in a census in 1976, 382 were recorded. However in the coming years this number would grow drastically. However at the end of the Vietnam war, when the communist government took over Vietnam many natives decided to leave there homeland in seek of a safer place to live, ultimately this safer country was Australia. The war killed an estimated 2 million Vietnamese civilians, 1.1 million North Vietnamese troops, 200,000 South Vietnamese troops, this would certainly contribute to the masses of migrants heading south to Australia to escape there past war - torn lives. Many young families had to resort to leaving there beloved homeland based on the fact that Vietnam was unsafe for there families. The aftermath of the

The reaction to the incoming amount of Immigrants into the Unites States of America was a little mixed, while some founded organizations, that were against Immigration, such as the American Protective Association. Other people, such as writers, liberals, and obviously, the rich, were all for the fact of letting Immigrants in, for the sake of the American dream. Take Document A, for example, we will take the poor, or the tired, and the people will let them in and give them the ability to dream. However, which side was more abundant, was the side that was against the Immigrants coming into America.

Immigration and Migration have greatly impacted Minnesota history from the state’s beginning to the present. The impact of migration from the end of the 1800s to the Vietnam War to today has brought social, cultural, and political changes that have shaped the state. Within each time period, different ethnic groups migrated to Minnesota, including: Europeans, Africans, and Asians. People of different backgrounds moved to the same location, bringing their culture, views and beliefs with them. The migration periods: the iron range from the end of the 1800s to 1920, after the end of the Vietnam War, and today contain similarities and differences. There’s no doubt that the migration of people has greatly influenced the present, as will the migration of people today influence the future.

As in immagrant i had a long jeourny to the united states. The reasons for immagration would be in search for a better life. In search for better job oppertunities. In search for a better eviroment for your kids for your family.. Other reasons people would migrate to the united states is too get money. Many families in mexico are in nedd of money asap. Many families send ther youngest child out to the united states to go look for a job and to come back with money to support the family.

The 1965 Immigration Reform impacted the development and growth of the Asian American community within the United States. The reform set a number limit to those who could enter the States in order to maintain the quota and control the flow of those individuals. Many viewed the reform as a balancing act that the government created to ensure equality for those who entered; it was not determined by race or other advances they had. This reformation took over the quotas that was written and set in 1924 which did not allow the migration of Asians into the States. The 1965 reform generated more opportunities for the migrants to take the chance at a better life.

allowing sponsors to post bonds to guarantee that an applicant for immigration would not become a public charge. President Roosevelt took no position on these issues.

Before the first wave of migration, the United States took part in the Vietnam War which started the first wave of immigration. For over centuries, Vietnam was under Chinese and French controls. After World War II, the French withdrew from Vietnam and American troops entered with a request from the South Vietnamese government; who asked for American support and interest against the North communist. At the time, the Northern region of Vietnam was a communist party. In addition, the United States agreed and declared that they had to fight against communist power. As a result, many violent Anti-Vietnam War protests went throughout the United States because many people opposed to the United

“The land of the free and the home of the brave” these are people's first thoughts when they think about coming to America. Many come to america to make their dreams a reality or for many reasons as to have a better life for their kids, or the generation that come. Like the colonial immigrants, the 1800s immigrants, and the modern immigrant. All of them have reasons why they came to america or persuade their dreams. How they look at america they all have a way of looking at america different but they all have a dream in america. What is really most people dream in America?

In 1975, the ‘Fall of the Saigon’ marked the end of the Vietnam War, which prompted the first of two main waves of Vietnamese emigration towards the US. The first wave included Vietnamese who had helped the US in the war and “feared reprisals by the Communist party.” (Povell)

According to the PowerPoint presentation, the Hmong had been migrating since about the late 1770’s. The exact year that the Hmong came to the Wisconsin was 1976. The Hmong came to the United States to avoid being persecuted. The Hmong helped the United States during the Vietnam War. Once the United States pulled out of Vietnam, the communists began kill the Hmong. They came to the United States to avoid persecution that was happening in their home land. The Hmong were refugees of war. According to the PowerPoint presentation, a refugee of war is A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.”

Most scholars probably think that the Americans who fled to Canada during the Vietnam war had personal reasons, but according to the latest research, most of the resisters of the Vietnam war were politically motivated. There are different kinds of motives by various resistors who took place during the Vietnam War. First were the Dodgers. These were that kind of people who left America because they did not approve what the government was doing. They resisted through making public claims, trying not to register for the draft, and not taking the oath. The second types of resister were known as the draft resistors, and these were the people who were in the military and refuted their duties. The deserters were also another group of resistors

In 2014, 35 million Americans identified as Hispanic, of whom 64 percent said they had Mexican heritage - almost 11 percent of the total population. As birthrates for Hispanics exceed those of Anglos, demographers estimate that by 2042 non-Hispanic whites will be a numerical minority in the United States. At the beginning of this century, there were twenty-one states where Hispanics were the largest ethnic minority.