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 A.United Nation High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)  B.American Council for Voluntary Agencies (ACVA)  C.Joint Voluntary Agencies (JVA)  D.Voluntary Agencies (VOLAGS) (See p. 62)

E.Refugee Act of 1980 (P.L ) F.State Department established the U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs (See Table 5, p. 64) G.In the U.S., the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) was established within Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (See Table 6, p. 65)

H. Resettlement by the VOLAGS 9 (See pp. 66 – Table 7, p. 76) I.Estimated Cumulative Refugee Population by State from

J.SEA Statistics, including Amer-Asians, Chinese-Vietnamese – not discussed K.Several terms were created “Boat People,” “Land People,” “Indochinese Refugees,” and Southeast Asian Refugees (See Table 7 for SEA population

 1.I-94 – is good for 1 year  2.I-551 – U.S. Permanent Resident Card (after 2 years of residency in the U.S.)  3.Naturalization Certificate (after 5 years of continuous residence in the U.S.)