Who is going to support them?" she said petulantly. "You never worried about that before." I said. "Whoever came to this country eventually found jobs. and almost all of them made very good citizens. There is no reason to think the Vietnamese will be different. After all. you are the mother of exiles." "Times have changed." she growled. "The American people are not that thrilled about having a bunch of refugees dumped on them. Who is going to feed them? How many will go on welfare? How do we know their kids wont get in trouble in the streets? We have enough problems in this country without asking for more." "But." I pleaded. "were responsible for them being refugees. We screwed up a country like its never been screwed up before. We supported their corrupt governments. loaded them down with weapons they couldnt use. defoliated their rice paddies and wrecked their families. "We left the country in a mess.
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