Evolution of Asian Indian immigration in the U.S (Louise, Éloise, Anaë, Nora) by Phuong Preci

1907-1917 (First raid of immigration)

preciphuong — 2025-09-09 08:59:10 UTC

Thousands of Sikh and peasant from Punjabi, North India to Washington to have a higher wage. There the men decided to marry Mexican women and created a new culture called "Mexican Hindu"

1905-1965

preciphuong — 2025-09-09 09:04:28 UTC

A fight to remove the rights of immigrants called asiatic exclusion league, thus made immigration slowdown and Indian got their u.s citizenship removed

1924 : Allow 2% people to immigrate which is equal to a little less than 2,500

1946 : Naturalisation got reinstated

6,000 indian people immigrated from 1947 to 1965

1965-1990

preciphuong — 2025-09-09 09:08:40 UTC

1965 : An Immigration and Nationality act made a visa necessary to go to America.

After mid 1970 : Indian immigrant opened small business to self employed themselves

1990 : Indian immigration increased to 786,694 people. A new immigration act got created which made it easier for intellectual immigrant to move to the us

2000-2005

preciphuong — 2025-09-09 09:12:11 UTC

-Indians we're the 3rd largest immigrant community in the U.S

-40% of the Indian immigrant are professionals in medical fields, scientists or engineers

A total number of 575,000 Indian immigrant between 2000-2008