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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1975
Page
10
About 250 Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees from the Little Saigon camp at Camp Pendleton were released Saturday after securing government service sponsorships. An additional group awaits departure to France while others remain waiting for security checks and sponsor confirmations.
Social Security cards are issued to eligible South Vietnamese refugees at processing centers. Indochina refugees may number at least 115,000 and may qualify for welfare and taxes. states decide welfare eligibility. Officials say few will rely on welfare. many seek work, some are professionals. Congress approved resettlement funds of 507 million dollars. 405 million passed Senate for evacuees from Vietnam and Cambodia and related support. Refugees enter as special parolees beyond regular quotas. totals at Guam camp show relatives 10,062. high risk Viet Namese 56,602. Cambodians 22. others 7,169. Once in the U S they gain residency rights but cannot vote or hold federal offices unless naturalized.
Dr. John A. Wiggins Jr. warns that illegal Mexican entrants may carry active TB and spread a harder to detect strain. He cites Texas border areas, high border crossings in 1973, and the need for sustained treatment to prevent ongoing infection.
Hanoi radio reported that North Vietnam started releasing soldiers who fought in the 20 year war in South Vietnam. A Defense Ministry letter to discharged troops offered wishes for good health to comrades and cadres as they are reassigned.
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