[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  VIETNAMESE LOC HUNG GARDEN EVICTION

  (Mr. CORREA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, today I rise to bring attention to the 
Vietnamese Government's violence and oppressive attacks on its own 
citizens in Loc Hung garden. For generations, families have thrived in 
this farming community, Loc Hung garden. They raised their children and 
care for their elders.
  These citizens are law-abiding citizens, yet, the Vietnamese 
Government sent over 1,000 officers to destroy this community and 
displace over 200 families.
  There was no due process, no day in court, and no compensation. 
Instead, the Vietnamese Government took land by force from its own 
citizens.
  These tactics cannot go unnoticed, and the world must call this out 
for what it is: tyranny. I ask the Vietnamese Government to allow these 
families to return to their homes.
  On behalf of the thousands of Vietnamese citizens living in Orange 
County, I ask the Vietnamese Government to cease its behavior, cease 
these oppressive tactics, and let the Vietnamese people live in peace 
and return to their land where they have been living for generations.

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