Laserfiche WebLink
G. WHEREAS, Refusing to forget their historical struggle for freedom and <br />democracy, Vietnamese Americans throughout the United States and the <br />State of California continue to speak out against the systemic assaults on the <br />freedoms of expression and religion perpetrated today by the Socialist <br />Republic of Vietnam and advocate in favor of human rights and democracy in <br />Vietnam and worldwide; and <br />H. WHEREAS, An agreement made in 2008 between the United States <br />government and the Vietnamese government specifically bars the deportation <br />of Vietnamese people who arrived in the United States before July 12, 1995; <br />and <br />I. WHEREAS, The 2008 agreement specifically states that Vietnamese citizens <br />are "not subject to return to Vietnam" if they "arrived in the United States <br />before July 12, 1995." <br />Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds determines <br />and declares that it respectfully urges the President of the United States to stop any <br />efforts to reinterpret or renegotiate the 2008 United States -Vietnam repatriation <br />agreement. <br />Section 3. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds determines <br />and declares that the City of Santa Ana stands in solidarity with the Vietnamese <br />refugees who came to our country before 1995. <br />Section 4. If any surcharge or fee, section, subsection, sentence, clause, <br />phrase or word of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of <br />competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining <br />portions of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed <br />and adopted this Resolution, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact <br />that one or more provisions may be declared invalid. <br />Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by <br />the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting <br />this Resolution. <br />ADOPTED this 15th day of January, 2019. <br />Resolution No. 2019-001 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />