,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ida  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #bh1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,correa 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 and ,ms4 ,lee
 of ,california7 submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,recognizing the          
historical significance and the heroic  
struggles and sacrifices of the         
,vietnamese people who fled their       
war-torn country by boat and other means
 in search of freedom and democracy4    
,whereas1 after the ,fall of ,saigon in 
#aige marked the end to the ,vietnam    
war1 many ,vietnamese civilians were    
stripped from their basic human         
freedoms1 such as freedom of speech1    
freedom of press1 and freedom of        
religion1 and even faced relentless     
discrimination in their own homeland2   
,whereas many ,vietnamese civilians     
feared the possible reality of          
reeducation camps where conditions were 

life-threatening and torturous2         
meanwhile1 farmlands1 personal          
possessions1 and private commerce were  
all eradicated and regulated under the  
new ,vietnamese regime2 ,whereas1       
following the end of the ,vietnam war1  
from #aige to #aiib1 approximately      
#a1bjj1jjj ,vietnamese refugees fled    
their country by boat or ship seeking a 
better future because of the bleakness  
of their reality2 ,whereas while        
#ijj1jjj ,vietnamese refugees made it   
safely to shore1 about #cjj1jjj refugees
 were lost at sea2 ,whereas1 as         
,vietnamese refugees took the           
opportunity to flee by boat1 all faced  
daunting fears and unforeseeable        
challenges such as starvation1          
dehydration1 illness1 drowning1         
kidnapping and killings by pirates1     
overcrowded boats1 unpredictable        
weather1 or simply failure to reach     
shore2 ,whereas while thousands of      
,vietnamese refugees found shelter at   
refugee camps within those ,southeast   

,asian countries1 a great majority of   
people fleeing by boat were resettled in
 developed countries1 such as the       
,united ,states1 ,canada1 ,italy1       
,france1 ,west ,germany1 the ,united    
,kingdom1 and ,australia1 to begin their
 new lives2 ,whereas approximately      
#hjj1jjj ,vietnamese refugees who fled  
persecution resettled in the ,united    
,states2 ,whereas an estimated          
#a1gjj1jjj ,vietnamese ,americans       
currently reside in the ,united ,states1
 making the ,united ,states home to the 
largest number of individuals of        
,vietnamese descent outside of ,vietnam2
 ,whereas ,vietnamese ,americans are the
 fourth-largest ,asian-,american        
population in the ,united ,states2      
,whereas first- and second-generation   
,vietnamese ,americans have overcome    
tremendous socioeconomic challenges1    
including discrimination1 language and  
cultural barriers1 and poverty1 to      
emerge as significant contributors to   
,american society2 and ,whereas         

,vietnamese ,americans contribute to    
,american society through their work in 
business1 education1 science and        
technology1 engineering1 mathematics1   
literature and the arts1 gastronomy1 the
 ,armed ,forces1 and public service at  
every level of government3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it ,that it is the sense  
of the ,house of ,representatives to    
recognize the hardships1 sacrifice1 and 
heroism of the ,vietnamese refugees who 
fled their country by boat and other    
means #de years ago1 since ,april #cj1  
#aige1 and to applaud their             
accomplishments and significant         
contributions to the ,united ,states    
since their resettlement4