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Adopt Resolution of the City Council Urging President Trump to Cease Efforts to Reinterpret or <br />Renegotiate the 2008 United States -Vietnam Repatriation Agreement <br />January 15, 2019 <br />Page 2 <br />Many Vietnamese Americans living in the State of California today arrived after the fall of Saigon <br />on April 30, 1975. This event marked the beginning of an exodus of over one million Vietnamese <br />who left their homeland fleeing communism in search of freedom and democracy. As' new <br />immigrants, Vietnamese Americans overcame social, linguistic, and economic challenges <br />through hard work. They achieved success in a plethora of profession fields, including business, <br />military service, politics and law, science and education, literature and journalism, and sports and <br />entertainment. Refusing to forget their historical struggle for freedom and democracy, <br />Vietnamese Americans throughout the United States and the State of California continue to <br />speak out against the systemic assaults on the freedoms of expression and religion perpetrated <br />today by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and advocate in favor of human rights and democracy <br />in Vietnam and worldwide <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #5 — Community Health, Livability, <br />Engagement & Sustainability. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />There are no environmental impacts associated with this action. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact at this time. <br />Exhibit: 1. Resolution <br />55C-2 <br />