Oct. 22, 1982 – Amerasian Immigration Act Gives Preferential Immigration Status to Children Fathered by American Troops in Southeast Asia

“The first U.S. legislative response to Amerasians was embodied in the
1982 ‘Amerasian Immigration Act’ (PL 97-359). This law offers top
priority U.S. immigration to chidren not only in Vietnam, but also in
Korea, Laos, Cambodia or Thailand who are known to have been fathered by
U.S. citizens.”