Title: Vietnamese Immigration to the United States After the Vietnam War | Vietnamese Immigration
Headings: Vietnamese Immigration to the United States After the Vietnam War
Vietnamese Immigration to the United States After the Vietnam War
Content: Vietnamese immigration before 1975 was virtually nonexistent. In the 1950s, the population of Vietnamese immigrants living in the United States was only in the low hundreds. These immigrants were usually students, war brides, or those with a highly-needed profession, such as doctors. The population did not rise until close to the end of the Vietnam War, when the population spiked significantly. The Vietnam War was a time of confusion and separation for the American people. As one of the United State’s longest and most hated wars, soldiers bringing back Vietnamese immigrants after the Vietnam War obviously brought forth problems for the Vietnamese people. With antiwar sentiment still strong and the nation still reeling from the casualties of such a controversial war, the Vietnamese immigrants found themselves in the midst of unapologetic racism, discrimination, and exclusion. Following the Vietnam War, there were two distinct waves of immigrants coming into the United States. The first wave took place after the Fall of Saigon in April of 1975; 125,000 Vietnamese refugees fled to the United States.