Yup, it's da Indochinese comin at cha

So who are the Indochinese Americans anyways?

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Between 1893 and 1954, the countries of Cambodia (Kampuchea), Laos, and Vietnam were known as Indochina.

From 1975 to 1989, almost a million refugees from these countries entered the USA and were resettled throughout the country.

The number of Amerasians (children with Asian and American blood because of interacial relationships) throughtout Indochina as the result of the Vietnam Was has been estimated at 30,000.

In their birth countries, such children have faced severe discrimination by racially pure Asians.

The United States has not treated Amerasians well either.
Before 1982, American fathers had few opportunities to bring their Amerasian children into the country.
In 1982, Congress passed a law to help half-Americans in Southeat Asia and Korea emigrate to the USA. Unfortunately, too many restrictions made the plan unworkable.
In 1987, Congress passed the Amerasian Homecoming Act, which made it easier for Amerasians in Southeast Asia to come to the USA.
By this time, the "children" were no longer children. They had not seen their American fathers in fifteen years or more.

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