{"id":21309,"date":"2025-04-27T15:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T15:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gerald-ford-and-americas-moral-obligation-to-refugees\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T15:10:13","slug":"gerald-ford-and-americas-moral-obligation-to-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gerald-ford-and-americas-moral-obligation-to-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerald Ford and America&#8217;s &#8220;moral obligation&#8221; to refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Fifty years ago, when the city of Saigon fell and the U.S. military intervention in Southeast Asia came to an end, President Gerald Ford faced a choice: Many anti-communist South Vietnamese feared forced relocation and political persecution at home, and looked to America for refuge. But the American public was bitterly divided over whether to accept such a large influx of refugees. At the time, Lesley Stahl reported on the &#8220;overwhelmingly hostile&#8221; mail received on Capitol Hill about the issue; one letter, from a Nebraska constituent, read, &#8220;They bring only disease, corruption, and apathy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. unemployment rate sat at nearly 9 percent, a post-World War II high. 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He signed into law a bill securing relocation aid and financial assistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And he corralled a coalition of religious groups, southern Democratic governors, and labor leaders to secure their housing and employment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-large\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/25\/ad7d3531-d5fe-4800-a93b-973f5f8d9fa5\/thumbnail\/620x349\/532813a5fa8131a37ef57757f76e5081\/gerald-ford-with-south-vietnamese-refugees-getty-615297876.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc#\" alt=\"President Gerald Ford holds a Vietnamese baby on an Air Force bus after greeting refugees in California \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/25\/ad7d3531-d5fe-4800-a93b-973f5f8d9fa5\/thumbnail\/620x349\/532813a5fa8131a37ef57757f76e5081\/gerald-ford-with-south-vietnamese-refugees-getty-615297876.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/25\/ad7d3531-d5fe-4800-a93b-973f5f8d9fa5\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/9f53b47c9369333135cf84923c1a56c6\/gerald-ford-with-south-vietnamese-refugees-getty-615297876.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">President Gerald Ford holds a Vietnamese baby on an Air Force bus in California in April 1975. &#8220;Operation Babylift&#8221; helped relocate orphaned children from South Vietnam to the U.S. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                \u00a9 CORBIS\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At first, many of the new refugees relied on public assistance and took low-paying jobs. But in the years that followed, most gained employment, and their reliance on government aid declined. They became small business owners and pillars of community \u2026 contributors large and small to the American tapestry. Among them: federal judges, a Pulitzer-winning novelist, and even an Oscar-winning actor.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My journey started on a boat,&#8221; said &#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once&#8221; star Ke Huy Quan. &#8220;I spent a year in a refugee camp, and somehow I ended up here, on Hollywood&#8217;s biggest stage.&#8221;<strong\/><\/p>\n<p> Ford&#8217;s decision to welcome these refugees wasn&#8217;t just the right thing to do \u2013 it was smart. He realized that in a nation of immigrants like ours, strength derives in large part from diversity. 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