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Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees
The White House again wants to expel certain groups of protected immigrants, a reversal after backing away from the policy months ago.
Charles Dunst
Krishnadev Calamur
2:14 PM ET
Updated at 4:22 p.m.
The Trump administration is resuming its efforts to deport certain protected Vietnamese immigrants who have lived in the United States for decadesmany of them having fled the country during the Vietnam War.
This is the latest move in the presidents long record of prioritizing harsh immigration and asylum restrictions, and one thats sure to raise eyebrowsthe White House had hesitantly backed off the plan in August before reversing course. In essence, the administration has now decided that Vietnamese immigrants who arrived in the country before the establishment of diplomatic ties between the United States and Vietnam are subject to standard immigration lawmeaning they are all eligible for deportation.
The new stance mirrors White House efforts to clamp down on immigration writ large, a frequent complaint of the presidents on the campaign trail and one he links to a litany of ills in the United States.
The administration last year began pursuing the deportation of many long-term immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, and other countries who the administration alleges are violent criminal aliens. But Washington and Hanoi have a unique 2008 agreement that specifically bars the deportation of Vietnamese people who arrived in the United States before July 12, 1995the date the two former foes reestablished diplomatic relations following the Vietnam War.
The White House unilaterally reinterpreted the agreement in the spring of 2017 to exempt people convicted of crimes from its protections, allowing the administration to send back a small number of pre-1995 Vietnamese immigrants, a policy it retreated from this past August. Last week, however, a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy in Hanoi said the American government was again reversing course.
Washington now believes that the 2008 agreement fails to protect pre-1995 Vietnamese immigrants from deportation, the spokesperson, who asked not to be identified by name because of embassy procedures, told The Atlantic.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/12/donald-trump-deport-vietnam-war-refugees/577993/
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It underlies everything he does, and he has plenty of people who like to do his bidding.
enough
Dec 2018
#6
It also exposes the true face of the Repugnants in the Senate and House as
cstanleytech
Dec 2018
#30
No deals for Trump or his family. It's time for their family separation at Sing Sing.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#3
Duplicate of my post: "Dishonoring America's Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines"
TygrBright
Dec 2018
#7
lets hope in just a few weeks tRump and his criminal organization will be too busy
elmac
Dec 2018
#17
There is no other reason than to use people for his personal political gain.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2018
#22
You hit it on the head. We OWE those people lifetime safety and safety for their offspring. nt
Blue_true
Dec 2018
#42
I hope he can be stopped, if only through the Courts. This evil thing (and it IS evil) can't happen
Honeycombe8
Dec 2018
#54
This asshole hasn't even thought that some of these people parents fought along side with
turbinetree
Dec 2018
#34
When I was in the Air Force we flew about 100 refugees from Guam to Hawaii on their way to the U.S.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Dec 2018
#38