ABSTRACT
In the American mode of incorporation, a federalist welfare state encounters the country's first allied aliens resulting in greater centralization of aid than typically occurs in new programs. Despite the immediacy of the Vietnam War, past events are notable for their absence in the American state's incorporation of the refugees. Conversely, the French mode of incorporation is quite historically determined even though France withdrew from Indochina in 1954. Ultimately, it is the relationship between the welfare state and the nation-state that most determines a mode of state incorporation. Reflecting on the meeting the director of one association described how the state used the social welfare system to manage the incorporation of Indochinese allied aliens: From that moment it became clear that the government would make a special effort to assure the successful reception of the refugees. Decentralizing incorporation to take advantage of positive public opinion increases local sponsors' control over the refugees by local sponsors, especially prefects and mayors.
