Expressing support for the recognition of the month of September 2024 as Boat People Awareness Month to honor the hundreds of thousands of boat people who fled Vietnam’s oppressive Communist regime during the decades following the Vietnam war.
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Latest Action · September 19, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
This resolution expresses support for designating September 2024 as "Boat People Awareness Month" to honor the hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees who fled the country by boat between 1975 and 1995, with nearly 800,000 people ultimately escaping. The resolution acknowledges the dangerous and often deadly journey these refugees endured, with estimates suggesting 200,000 to 400,000 boat people perished at sea due to pirates, overcrowded vessels, and storms. The resolution highlights that following the fall of Saigon, the United States accepted approximately 725,000 Vietnamese refugees, with over 1 million people of Vietnamese ancestry living in the U.S. by 2000, including significant communities in California such as Little Saigon in Orange County. The resolution does not appropriate any funding or establish any enforcement mechanisms; it simply calls on Congress to formally recognize and honor the resilience and humanitarian significance of the Vietnamese refugee community's experience.
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