Vietnamese Smuggled into US over the border.

[Carl Robinson]

What a fascinating detailed report here from RFA on how Vietnamese are also among the millions coming across America's southern border.  And again, it's people from Nghe An -- HCM's native province -- up in northern central Vietnam.  Do read this, folks.  

A great reporting with even maps to show the circuitous routes three of them took to the US where now they've got to repay their loans. 

Four months, $75,000: How Vietnamese are being smuggled to the U.S. (rfa.org)

Carl

[bke...@hawaii.rr.com]

Thanks, Carl,

An astonishing article.  So sad all around.

Bev

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Thanks Carl for sharing this. An eye opener.

Other than pictures of long caravans passing through Mexico with healthy looking young men with new sneakers, there is little on the news like this report from RFA on the routes and costs. Joshua Phillipp of Epic Times has reported along the routes and his most recent video can be seen at: https://lists.theepochtimes.com/links/WzMELAHO8/QgV5OrnJx/Vs9Pu7nZF/GRv78znHdp 

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It shows the role the UN Refugee Agency plays and the local smugglers. 

I recently was involved in trying to help a Vietnamese family who settled legaly in Texas. He worked for the maritime agency that cleared me and the boat into Danang and Nhatrang in 2006. They are struggling to make ends meet. His limited English is still a great handicap. He has a very good education but sofar has only managed to find low paying night shift work. 

The 20 year old son of my Cuban hostess, who housed me in their "casa particular" after I lost my sailboat on the Cuban reefs, bought a roundtrip ticket to Nicaragua. Roundtrip is the only way to get an exit permit from Cuba. I sponsored him, knowing that as a political asylum seeker Cubans are quickly processed. But it turned out to be unneccessary after all. The only requirement is to have a cellphone and get the app from USCIS and make an appointment at one of the ports of entry. 

Regards,

Jack

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[David A. Andelman]

Agreed, Bev & Carl ....an astonishing reporting job, elegantly displayed....

It will be interesting to see what shackles may be placed on them under the next Congress/Administration?!!

"Radio Free Asia operates under a Congressional mandate... "

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[Carl Robinson]

I don't know what you're expecting from the next Congress/Administration, David, but does that mean you're OK with such massive unrestricted entry into the US?  Shackles, you wonder.  It's been totally open season.  

And then come these naifs from Ho Chi Minh's native province totally sucked into what's left of the American Dream and ready to pay such truly horrendous amounts of money, and travel all around the world, to obvious profiteers, total bastards in my book.  What a truly tragic human situation and then in some menial job doing nails, baking bread and growing dope.  What a life, eh?!   

As a lifelong expat American, I don't even understand why anybody wants to crash across the border and now even more so than ever with everyone unhappy and hating each other and arguing over which bad leader is worse than the others.   

Cheers from Vietnam

Carl

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[David A. Andelman]

au contraire, Carl ... for some reason you always seem to read into everything I write the worst of intentions. 

I am commenting, instead, on the desire of our next President to control and 'manage' the press more tightly than at any other moment in our history.

I have long been a huge admirer of you, Carl, and the VoH that would never have existed without your enormous and talented efforts. Sad that this is not reciprocated.

in good health,

d.

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[don kirk]

Just a small point not really about the issue. Vietnamese for years have been running most of the nail shops across the U.S. They got into it years ago when advised that might be a good way for some of the original refugees from Vietnam, post-1975, to make decent money. Not really "menial." Now a lot of these places are highly profitable. Baking bread not too bad either. (Dunno about growing dope.)  Just saying.

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[Carl Robinson]

Oh, sorry, David.  I thought you were talking about Open Borders and mouthing off accordingly.  You were really talking about how Trump might crack down on Free Press then, Congress too.  Well, sure didn't work very well last time with open season from that escalator ride onwards with that NYT Columnist saying balance no longer mattered with such an ogre.  The biggest problem, really, is how the media is no longer playing its adversarial role to power and just on board with whatever the narrative is. Why has RFA come up with such a brilliant piece but not the good ol' mainstream media?

And finally don't take things so personal, Mon Chevalier. Ha ha.

Carl

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[David A. Andelman]

you are something else, Carl ... you know i love & cherish you !!!

;-)

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d.

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