Thus our intrntion has been to permit people to send money to their families in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on humanitarian grounds. But even the greatest of intentions. as we all know. pave a welltraveled road often leading in directions we might otherwise take. There is currently strong evidence that suggests that Vietnamese refugees in this country are the victims of a systematic program of economic exploitation directed against them by that Socialist Republic of Vietnam. According to testimony delivered last year before the Senate Banking Committees Subrommittee on Financial Institutions. coerced appeals for money from Vietnamese refugees living in the United States are not uncommon. Witnesses and experts revealed this little known but alarming story at the 1984 hearing: In 1981. Socialist Republic of Vietnam [SRVN] Government authorities created an organized and efficient exploitation system "to exhaust the foreign exchange capabilities of overseas Vietnamese." This exploitation system targets a list of all individuals in Vietnam who have relatives in the United States.
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