bistro777
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| Well, there are still some left that haven’t yet “disappeared in the killing fields” or been wiped-out by chemical (gas) attacks for supporting the US during the Viet Nam War: But out of a estimated 3,000,000 prewar Hmong population less than 200,000 made it to safety.
Laos' 2003 population = 5.9 million; per capita income = $320. And Laotians ranks about 25th on the “US immigration” chart" – approx. 171k - or less than 1% of the US population.
Following the Vietnam War, certain individuals from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos were paroled into the United States and have remained in an indefinite immigration status since. (Hmong and Laotian refugees who supported the US during the Viet Nam war were eligible to become citizens of the US without onerous requirements, but this eleibility expired in 2001.) Subsequently, Section 586 of Public Law 106-429, Adjustment of Status for Certain Nationals of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, provided for permanent immigration benefits to 5,000 eligible individuals from those three countries.
More than you wanted/needed to know, I’m sure, but escaping from Laos and making one’s way to the US is a bit harder than from, say, Cuba – and look how few of them make it over these days…
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