What are the connections between the fall of Saigon and contemporary debates about immigration and refugee policy?

Jun 4, 2001 ... Share ... On April 30, 1975, Saigon, capital of the Republic of Vietnam, falls to Communist troops from North Vietnam, marking the end of the ... Sep 19, 2017 ... Most of the more than 120,000 Vietnamese who fled Vietnam sought and soon gained resettlement in the United States. President Gerald Ford's ... Apr 21, 2020 ... the Midway's sister-in-arms for the evacuation of refugees during the fall of Saigon in April 1975—the USS Hancock ... Saigon fell with bewildering speed. After 21 years of struggle against the Communist forces, the South Vietnamese army collapsed in just weeks into a ... The Vietnam War ended in 1973 with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords and the subsequent withdrawal of the US military from Vietnam a few months later. May 2, 2019 ... The Fall of Saigon. James Fenton. 'I wanted to see a communist victory, which I presumed to be inevitable. I wanted to see the fall of a city. Apr 30, 2020 ... Fall of Saigon: What Led to the Final, Chaotic Moments. The conflict in Vietnam ended in 1975 with the largest helicopter evacuation of its kind ... 3 days ago ... Van's father, Minh Thanh Le, had reason to flee. In the years before Saigon's fall, he had run afoul of the local communist guerrillas in their ... 3 days ago ... Fifty years ago, the fall of Saigon marked the end of a war, but for my family, it was the beginning of a desperate and courageous journey. Apr 28, 2023 ... Nearly 50 years later, the memory of South Vietnam and the lasting trauma of its fall to North Vietnam's communist regime still haunts my family.