· 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.
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Sources
- congress.gov congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3171
- uscis.gov uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-p-chapter-9