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US-Viet Pact OKs Forced Deportations

Posted Jan 23, 08 3:17 AM CST in World,  US    Most Covered

(Newser) – The US and Vietnam have signed a pact that could see thousands of Vietnamese living in America forcibly returned to their homeland, reports the Orange Country Register. Under the agreement, undocumented Vietnamese immigrants facing court deportation orders can now be repatriated. Some 8,000 people will be affected and the deportations could begin in two months.

The pact is a sign of warming relations between Washington and Hanoi, but many immigrant rights advocates voiced concern. "People who will be returned can expect to face very harsh treatment from the Communists," said one Washington lawmaker.  "The people who escape from Cuba—we don't send them to Castro. This is insane."

Sources Orange County Register (Calif.), San Jose Mercury News

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