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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JANUARY 15, 2019 TITLE: ADOPT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL URGING PRESIDENT TRUMP TO CEASE EFFORTS TO REINTERPRET OR RENEGOTIATE THE 2008 UNITED STATES -VIETNAM REPATRIATION AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO DEPORT VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR DECADES {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5} �MIIIVV,kNAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on V Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Adopt the resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana urging President Trump to cease efforts to reinterpret or renegotiate the 2008 United States -Vietnam Repatriation Agreement in order to deport Vietnamese immigrants who have lived in the United States for decades. At the December 18, 2018 City Council meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to prepare a resolution urging the President of the United States to cease efforts to reinterpret or renegotiate the 2008 United States -Vietnam Repatriation Agreement. As a result, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana stands in solidarity with the Vietnamese refugees who came to our country before 1995. The United States -Vietnam Repatriation Agreement made in 2008 specifically bars the deportation of Vietnamese people who arrived in the United States before July 12, 1995. The State of California has 500,000 Vietnamese Americans that enhance the social, cultural, and economic fabric of our state. Orange County is home to the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. Vietnamese Americans enrich our State and County's culture through the creation of vibrant Little Saigon communities around California that preserve Vietnamese heritage, food, language, and customs for younger generations and allow all Californians to be immersed in the richness of Vietnamese culture. 55C-1