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Filipinos were first recorded settling in America. To escape imprisonment they would jump ship and flee into the Louisiana Bayous.

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First arrival of Asian Indians in the United States.

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The first group of 195 Chinese contract laborers arrived in Hawaii.

Over 20,000 Chinese entered California.

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Chinese miners began to migrate to the United States in search of gold.

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Japan sends the first diplomatic mission to the U.S.

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U.S. and China signed a treaty to give the U.S. the ability to limit but not absolutely prohibit Chinese immigration.

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The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was amended to require a certificate as the only permissible evidence for reentry.

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Japanese Hawaiian plantation workers began migrating to the mainland.

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The first group of 7,000 Korean workers arrived in Hawaii to break the strike of the Japanese laborers.

Filipino students arrive in the U.S. for higher education.

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Administrative measures used to restrict the influx of Asian Indians into California.

Angel Island Immigration Station opened to process and deport Asian immigrants.

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Servicemen to Asian ancestry who had served in WWI receive the right of naturalization.

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Luce-Cellar bill grants the right of naturalization and small immigration quotas to Asian Indians and Filipinos.

Philippines becomes independent. U.S. citizenship is offered to all Filipinos living in the United States, not just servicemen.

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Amendment to 1945 War Brides Act allows Chinese American veterans to bring brides in the U.S.

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5,000 highly educated Chinese in the United States granted refugee status after China instituted a Communist government.

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More than 130,000 refugees entered the U.S. from Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos as Communist governments are established there following the end of the Indochina War.

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Massive exodus of "boat people" from Vietnam.

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The Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees set up an Orderly Departure Program to enable Vietnamese to emigrate legally.

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American Homecoming Act allows children in Vietnam born of American fathers to immigrate to the U.S.

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U.S. reaches agreement with Vietnam to allow political prisoners to emigrate to the U.S.

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Clause in the McCarran - Walter Act grants the right of naturalization and a small immigration quota to Japanese.