Resettlement of Indochinese Refugees in the United States: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by Lawrence F. Ashmun. DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, 1983. v, 212 pp. Bibliography by Author and Agency, Indexes. $14 (paper). (Distributed by Cellar Book Shop, 18090 Wyoming, Detroit, Mich. 48221.)

1985 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-456
Author(s):  
David W. Haines
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Book Shop ◽  
University Center ◽  
Indochinese Refugees ◽  
Northern Illinois University

Sponsored-Out

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-15
Author(s):  
Eileen Mulhare
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Program ◽  
Indochinese Refugees ◽  
Private Citizens ◽  
American Society

In the spring of 1975, with the conclusion of the war in Southeast Asia, 130,000 Indochinese refugees were granted emergency entrance visas to the United States. Their incorporation into American society was handled through a precedent-setting national program, involving temporary detention in U.S. military camps followed by permanent resettlement through the voluntary sponsorship of private citizens. Release from detention was contingent on being "sponsored-out," that is, obtaining an American sponsor.

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