Refugee Act of 1980 Signed
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.
Sources
- archivesfoundation.org archivesfoundation.org/documents/refugee-act-1980
- immigrationhistory.org immigrationhistory.org/item/refugee-act-of-1980