Oil Spill Threatens Livelihood of Vietnamese Community
May 26th, 2010 | By Monique Johnson | Category: Multimedia, NewsThe oil spill has affected an estimated 13,000 commercial licensed fishermen in Louisiana, not including deckhands and crew, according to the Louisiana State Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. An estimated one-third of those fishermen are immigrants from Southeast Asia. Many speak little or no English, and face the third major upheaval of their lives.
