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PEMD-93-10R 1 (1992-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackeg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Program Evaluation and Methodology Division November 16, 1992 The Honorable Robert J. Mrazek House of Representatives 147988 The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge House of Representatives In your request letters of October 11, 1991, and April 21, 1992, you expressed your belief that it was an appropriate and useful time to assess the progress and results of the Amerasian Homecoming Act (P.L. 100-202), and you posed particular issues you felt would be important for us to address in any review we undertook. These issues helped us in designing a study that has two major thrusts. One is to review the r whereby eligible Amerasians and their- families first become participants in the program in Vietnam, then receive language training and cultural orientation in the Philippines, and finally get resettled here in the United States. The other is to look carefully at the gutcomes for Amerasians and their families after resettlement has taken place. The purpose of this letter is to share with you some preliminary information we have developed regarding the first of these efforts. We plan to complete our work and report on further analysis of the resettlement process, as well as the second phase of the study, early next year. Before presenting our observations and findings, we review the program process and describe our method of collecting information. PROGRAM PROCESS Amerasians have faced special hardships in Vietnam because of their mixed national and racial backgrounds. The Amerasian Homecoming Act, which passed into law in December of 1987, provides all Amerasians born between the years 1962 and 1975, and their close family members, the opportunity to resettle in the United States. Under the Act, eligible Amerasians and their family members who depart Vietnam are admitted to the United States as immigrants and also receive refugee benefits, in the form of cash and medical assistance. Prior to resettlement, Amerasians complete a 6-month course consisting of English language training and cultural orientation at the Philippines Refugee Processing Center. GAO/PEMD-93-10R Amerasian Resettlement

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