ASIAN IMMIGRANTS

Asian Immigrants

Abstract

The paper is an account of the socio economic status of the Asian Immigrants in U.S.A. The number of immigrants has been increasing in U.S.A which is bringing the cultural and economic shift. The Asian community is influenced by the economic and the social environment of U.S.A, but the country is also affected by their tradition and practices. The paper is base on the secondary academic research which is facilitated by the observation and interview methods, as it is important to analyze the status of these immigrants in American since the Asian community.

Table of Contents

Socio Economic Status of Asian Immigrants in U.SA5

Introduction5

Background6

First Movements of Immigrants7

Ellis Island7

The Brakes on Immigration8

New Communities8

Asian Immigrants: The theoretical Perspective8

Demographic Trends11

Socio-Economic Status12

Cultural Contribution12

Political Participation13

Education14

The Interview15

Cultural Influence16

Ideology Change17

Observations17

Historical Review of Asian Americans Immigration and Immigration Policies18

Regulations19

Policy19

Asians American's Education System20

Asians American's Income System21

Discrimination or Prejudice21

Conclusion25

References27

Socio Economic Status of Asian Immigrants in U.SA

Introduction

There has been a massive increase in the number of immigrants in United States, such statistics are changing the social and the economic landscape of the country. The history of Asians in the United States dates back to the early eighteenth e century when Filipino seafarers arrived on merchant ships, settled in the bayous of Louisiana. But the first real wave of immigration intervened in the 1840s, when Chinese immigrants began to Quer in Hawaii to work in plantations and on the west coast for mining Gold and the construction of the western part of the transcontinental railroad. This was primarily a migration-oriented temporary workers camp that returned home after several years in America, like the many Europeans who hoped to "earn enough fast enough client money to buy back the family farm, the dowry fund for girls and sisters, or establish itself in the homeland. For these people, the journey to the United States was an extension of the practice of seasonal migration International, which then become commonplace in Europe. However, the presence of China on U.S. soil soon raised a wave of protests by the natives: we brandished the "yellow peril", it denounced the invasion by the hordes of Asia, feature in addition to a birth rate, high enough to threaten to sub- merger eventually the white population, and they said that the living standards of low of these newcomers "endangered the economic and social health of the community (Goyette, 1999).

The Asian population in the United States accounts for only 4.2% of the total. But it is much better represented among the students of the prestigious universities: the University of California (Berkeley), 41% of students are Asian, in Stanford, Columbia and Pennsylvania, about 25%, and at Harvard, 18%. Are they smarter? No, work harder and have parents who push them to succeed.

Background

They say that America - a country of immigrants. In general terms, we are talking about the fact that almost each country is a permanent resident or immigrant to the first generation, or descendants of immigrants of past years, centuries and millennia. Even the American Indians, which Columbus and after him ...