· Washington, D.C.

Amerasian Homecoming Act Enacted

history

Signed as part of a larger appropriations law, the act gave preferential immigration status to Vietnamese children of US servicemen; about 23,000 Amerasians and 67,000 relatives eventually resettled in the US.

Communities
  • Vietnamese American
Topics
  • immigration
  • law
Event type
  • legislation
Regions
  • Southeast Asian

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