Fresno County, along with surrounding counties, have pressured the federal government into action and word has gone out to Hmong community leaders across the country to try to slow the migration. But county officials are not so concerned anymore about who will come from other parts of the United States. They are looking overseas at the 45,000 Hmong still in refugee camps. Recent reports indicate the Thai government will not allow them to stay there or let them settle elsewhere in Thailand. Many of those refugees have relatives in the Central Valley.