NBC NEWS / SANTA ANA, Calif. — Civil rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit last week on behalf of Vietnamese nationals who the groups allege are being unlawfully detained by the U.S. government, they announced Wednesday.
In 2008, the U.S. and Vietnam signed a repatriation agreement that excludes Vietnamese nationals who arrived in the U.S. before July 12, 1995 — the date the two countries reestablished diplomatic relations — from being subject to deportation. Many of those who arrived before that date were refugees of the Vietnam War. Continue reading…