VIETNAMESE AMERICAN MIGRATION HISTORY

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The Vietnamese population has increase dramatically in the United State over the past 40 years. It was in 1975, the fall of Saigon City, the first wave of immigration have occur, thousands of Vietnamese migrate to United State to avoid the war. In 1975-1980 about 90 percent of arriving Southeast Asian refugees were Vietnamese and decreasing gradually afterward.
When they first came over the condition wasn’t great as they thought it would be. They were move to a military camp and live there until a person willing to sponsor them. Most were sponsor by a church or some other non-profit organization. Although jobs and languages are the most serious problem they have to face, but there also some other problem they have to face among them-self, such as misunderstanding. It might be consider a fact that the elder will have harder time to adapt to American culture and society, while the children adapt to the culture quicker. That will cause some conflict when there is a different point of view in the situation. For example the children might thought inviting their American friends to their home is alright, but the elder might thought that is not right. Yet that example might not be reasonable and may not apply to everyone; but it’s a shot.
The second wave of migration occurs in the 1980’s. During the second wave job were harder to find, since most were taken by earlier immigrant. There are also a few Vietnamese organization develop to help newcomer. Some Vietnamese market and entertainment place also developed. During the period earlier Vietnamese immigrant begun to organize them selves as they try to bring back the Vietnamese culture. Most of these organizations were sponsor by the government.
In 1990s the third wave of migration occurs. Now, since more organization was developed to help the new Vietnamese immigrant they have less hardship adapting to the new environment. While more organization was developing, more laws also were developing to reinforce the Asian community. For example if you commit a felony in the United State before you receive a neutralization card you will be sent back to where you your country or where you immigrated. For some reason if that country won’t accept you back you will be sent to some camp. In general the Vietnamese community become more organize as more people migrate to this country; as in today we have more than 2.5 millions people in the U.S.