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In reply to the discussion: Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees [View all]riversedge
(70,191 posts)1. There is a cruel meaness to Trump.
..............The Trump administrations move reflects an entirely new reading of the agreement, according to Ted Osius, who served as the United States ambassador to Vietnam from December 2014 through October 2018. Osius said that while he was in office, the 2008 agreement was accepted by all involved parties as banning the deportation of all pre-1995 Vietnamese immigrants.
We understood that the agreement barred the deportation of pre-1995 Vietnamese. Both governmentsand the Vietnamese-American communityinterpreted it that way, Osius told The Atlantic in an email. The State Department, he added, had explained this to both the White House and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
News of the Trump administrations renewed hard line quickly made the rounds on Vietnamese American social media, with advocacy groups warning of potentially increased deportations.
Forty-three years ago, a lot of the Southeast Asian communities and Vietnamese communities fled their countries and their homeland due to the war, which the U.S. was involved in, fleeing for their safety and the safety of their families, said Kevin Lam, the organizing director of the Asian American Resource Workshop, an advocacy group. The U.S. would do well to remember that.
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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