Foreword
Ever since the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620, refugees have been coming to America’s shores, many fleeing religious persecution in their native lands. Congress enacted the first refugee legislation in 1948, providing for the admission of Europeans displaced by World War II. Laws passed in succeeding decades allowed for the admissions of persons fleeing Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, Korea, China, and Cuba, as well as Indochinese displaced by the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. The Refugee Act of 1980 standardized resettlement services for all refugees entering the United States and incorporated the 1951…
