Vietnamese Immigrants To America

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It has been in our blood as a species to constantly keep moving to survive. We have been this way since ancient times as a primitive species and even now as properly functioning civilized beings. It can be seen throughout history that we migrate, move and spread in various ways throughout the world for the benefit ourselves. More often than not it can be seen that war, famine and hope motivate us to do so.
The Vietnamese people that migrated to America before, during and after the Vietnam War are a great example of this. Entire families moved over seas to America to evade Persecution during this time. They gathered what they had and moved in waves. Searching for safety and prosperity in our country, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese immigrants

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