Filipino Americans
Filipino Americans : Their History, Culture, and Traditions
by Veltisezar B. Bautista
Bookhaus Publishers
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From the book:
The Filipino Americans: Their History, Culture, and Traditions by Veltisezar Bautista
brings to life the vivid story about a people's courage, real struggles, and determination in pursuit of
the American Dream. Now the second fastest-growing Asian American ethnic group, the Filipinos
started to immigrate to the United States in 1763, when seamen, later called Manilamen, jumped ship
off Acapulco, Mexico, during the Spanish galleon trade era and settled in the bayous of Louisiana.
Subsequent waves of migration followed. The pensionados (scholars), students, and workers
arrived during the years 1906-1934. Next, from 1945-1965, came military personnel and their
families, more students, and exchange workers. The coming of the latest wave of migration,
composed mostly of professionals, gained momentum after the passage on October 3, 1965, of the
Amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act that removed the 1924 "national origins quota
system."
