Mark - thank you for your reply.

Another question for the group:
can you think of any way that I could survey some Hmong citizens to
find out if they use a public library and what services would they
like to see from the library?
Lynne Reed

--- In hmongstudies@yahoogroups.com, "hmongcultural"
<hmongcultural@...> wrote:
>
> Lynne:
>
> Most of the Hmong adults over a certain age would be considered
> refugees. When you come to the U.S. as a refugee, at least as an
> adult or older teen, I think social scientists would generally
> consider these people as refugees no matter how many years have
> passed. Persons who do flee persecution and arrive in countries
with
> few resources (the U.N. definition of a refugee) are disadvantaged
> compared to most immigrants. This is especially the case for
persons
> who fled as adults.
>
> From 2004-2006, more than 15,000 Hmong refugees were resettled in
the
> U.S. from Thailand. So there is a recent cohort of Hmong refugees
now
> in the U.S.
>
> There is also a large cohort of Hmong now who were born in the U.S.
> to refugees, these persons have grown up entirely in the U.S.,
while
> they are of Hmong ethnicity, they are not refugees or immigrants
but
> have always been U.S. Citizens.
>
> In addition, there is a very small group of Hmong immigrants from
> China and Laos and Thailand who have been married by Hmong living
in
> the U.S. These persons are immigrants in the more traditional sense
> of the term.
>
> Hope this helps, I would also encourage others to answer if they
have
> things to add.
>
> Mark Pfeifer
>
>
>
> --- In hmongstudies@yahoogroups.com, "lynnebreed" <lynnebreed@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am an MLIS student at UNC-Greensboro in North Carolina working
on
> a
> > paper/project for a class on information services for diverse
> clients.
> > The Hmong are the group that my team have chosen to study. My
> professor
> > asked me if the Hmong are considered refugees or immigrants
today.
> I
> > believe that they would still be classified refugees according to
> the
> > United Nations definition, but cannot find any information
> confirming
> > this. Also, would the second generation Hmong that were born in
the
> > United States be considered refugees on immigrants? Thank you for
> any
> > insight that any of you can provide for me. I am working with a
> team of
> > two other students and we want our project to be accurate.
> >
> > Lynne Bolick Reed
> > UNC-G MLIS student
> > LIS 662: Information Services for Diverse Clients
> >
>