Vietnam will accept deportees from US.
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clears the way for Vietnamese immigrants under deportation orders to be
sent back to their country.
Under a memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday in Hanoi, Vietnam
agreed to accept the return of those Vietnamese immigrants ordered
deported by the United States, many of whom are convicted criminals,
said Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, a federal agency. Until now, Vietnam had generally refused
to issue travel documents for the deportees.
The agreement immediately affects about 1,500 Vietnamese immigrants who
came to the United States after diplomatic relations with Vietnam were
restored on July 12, 1995, Nantel said. The head of the agency, Julie
Myers, was in Hanoi to sign the memorandum, which takes effect in 60
days and will last for five years.
"This agreement allows us to carry out a judge's order to remove
individuals from our country in a safe and humane manner," Myers said.
The agreement culminated 10 years of negotiations between the countries,
Nantel said. In all, about 8,000 Vietnamese immigrants in the United
States are in deportation proceedings or have received final orders to
be deported, Nantel said. Of those, she said, about 7,000 have criminal
convictions, including some 4,500 Vietnamese convicted of aggravated
felonies.
Only about 200 Vietnamese immigrants slated for deportation are in the
custody of immigration authorities, Nantel said. Because of a Supreme
Court ruling in 2001, the authorities have released immigrants under
deportation orders after six months in detention if their countries
would not accept them.
U.S. officials agreed to pay for the deportations of Vietnamese,
officials said, and to provide 15 days' notice to the Vietnamese
government before carrying out a deportation.
Doua Thor, executive director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action
Center, called the pact "alarming news." She said many Vietnamese facing
deportation had hoped to resolve their cases and stay in the United States.
Hmong213
Do you have any information about Laos? Did the US had negotiate with
the LPDR govert to take any Lao immigrants under deportation orders? I
heard there are many Lao/Hmong especially those criminal convictions
are facing deportation back to Laos. Those deportees are not all bad.
Some have an average education too and still usable to help develop
Laos such as teaching English to Lao children. The LPDR should
consider to accept these people back. Just my thought.
Hmong213
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