AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C.

Refugee Act of 1980 Signed

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President Carter signed the law creating the first permanent, uniform US system for admitting and resettling refugees, enacted amid the mass arrival of Southeast Asian refugees after the Vietnam War.

Communities
  • Vietnamese American
  • Cambodian
  • Lao
  • Hmong
Topics
  • refugees
  • law
Event type
  • legislation
Regions
  • Southeast Asian

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Also on March 17

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Eddie Aikau Lost at Sea

Legendary Native Hawaiian waterman Eddie Aikau was lost after the voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa capsized; he paddled off on a surfboard to get help for the crew and was never found, inspiring the saying 'Eddie would go.' (Shares Mar 17 with the Refugee Act of 1980.)