Our military men and women who fought in Vietnam and in Laos are unanimously opposed to any effort to abandon our allies. Permit me to read from a letter dated May 23 sent to me by John Summer. the executive director of the American Legion. The American Legion supports the initiative ... which would provide for a reexamination of the refugee status of thousands of Vietnamese who fled their homeland out of fear of political reprisal. up to and including death. The American Legion considers it a debt of honor to strongly support your efforts to authorize the proper screening of those individuals who continue to be held in refugee camps in Asia. and to allow for the resettlement of those refugees who fought sidebyside with the American forces during the Vietnam war. as well as their families. The United Nations will not allow our Hmong allies living in camps in Thailand and eligible under United States law to immigrate here. to leave the camps. Instead the Thai Government and the U.N. are using our funds to forcefully send our Hmong allies back to a dangerous fate in Laos. The screening process of refugees administered by the comprehensive plan of action must be broadly reviewed in order to remedy unfair and otherwise defective status determination. The use of U.S. funds must be conditioned on a thorough review of this process. The American Overseas Interests Act would allow for such a review.
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