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Thread ID: 8160 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2003-07-16
2003-07-16 07:48 | User Profile
Filipinos 4th biggest migrant group to U.S.
WASHINGTON - Filipino immigrants, numbering to 51,308, comprised the fourth biggest immigrant group to the United States in 2002, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) said in a report released Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).
A total of 1.063 million people migrated to the United States last year, it said.
The highest number of immigrants came from Mexico, with 219,380.
India (71,105) and China (61,282) were second and third place, respectively.
According to the World Factbook 2002 of the Central Intelligence Agency, China is the world's most populated country with 1.3 billion people. India came in second with an estimated one billion population.
Vietnam, at number five, followed the Philippines on the immigrants list. A total of 33,627 Vietnamese migrated to the United States last year.
The BCIS said about two-thirds of those granted legal status were already living in the U.S. and were given legal permanent residency, or green cards, while in the country. The remainder are new arrivals who obtained immigrant visas overseas from the Department of State.
The total number of immigrants is nearly identical to the fiscal year 2001 figures. In fiscal 2000, about 850,000 immigrants were granted legal status. In the 1990s, an average of about 700,000 legal immigrants arrived annually.
Census Bureau estimates released in March showed there were about 32.5 million foreign-born residents living in the United States in March 2002, the largest number in history.
2003-07-17 00:12 | User Profile
For decades, Filipinos were the second largest group of legal immigrants to this country, behind Mexicans. China and India moved up the ladder due to businesses realizing that the immigration Act of '65 (and subsequent traitorous moves in DC over the years) allow them cheap labor in technical areas. Add the Daisy-Chain immigration fully taken advantage of by third worlders claiming that everyone in their muddy former villages is a relative, and the US is swamped. The clean up is going to be huge, hard and messy. A tremendous undertaking. And it's coming. The signs are there. Keep your powder dry, I'm not joking. I wish I were, believe me. In the long run, it's for the best, but that fact that it will happen, has to happen, makes me sad.
BTW - it's a little known fact that one of the most violent gangs in Los Angeles is the "Satanas" - a Filipino gang. They originally formed because the mestizos were picking on Filipinos at Belmont High School near downtown L.A. Now they've expanded into their own "businesses."
2003-07-17 01:19 | User Profile
*Originally posted by Roy Batty@Jul 16 2003, 18:12 * ** For decades, Filipinos were the second largest group of legal immigrants to this country, behind Mexicans. China and India moved up the ladder due to businesses realizing that the immigration Act of '65 (and subsequent traitorous moves in DC over the years) allow them cheap labor in technical areas. Add the Daisy-Chain immigration fully taken advantage of by third worlders claiming that everyone in their muddy former villages is a relative, and the US is swamped. The clean up is going to be huge, hard and messy. A tremendous undertaking. And it's coming. The signs are there. Keep your powder dry, I'm not joking. I wish I were, believe me. In the long run, it's for the best, but that fact that it will happen, has to happen, makes me sad.
BTW - it's a little known fact that one of the most violent gangs in Los Angeles is the "Satanas" - a Filipino gang. They originally formed because the mestizos were picking on Filipinos at Belmont High School near downtown L.A. Now they've expanded into their own "businesses." **
I had no idea, Roy, that the Filipino's were so violent in LA. However, now that I think about it, I once heard of a problem near the LAX where a high school had racial problems between the mexicans, blacks, and filipinos.
What a horrible place to live in--LA. I once used to live there in the late 70's and early 80's. Glad I got out when I could.
Lady
2003-07-17 04:07 | User Profile
*Originally posted by Lady_America@Jul 16 2003, 17:19 * ** I had no idea, Roy, that the Filipino's were so violent in LA. However, now that I think about it, I once heard of a problem near the LAX where a high school had racial problems between the mexicans, blacks, and filipinos.
What a horrible place to live in--LA. I once used to live there in the late 70's and early 80's. Glad I got out when I could.
Lady **
I remember the problem you're referring to. That was actually at Locke HS. Big, big mess. They've been having more and more problems their since the influlx of mestizos and Filipinos over the last 15 years. When I was in HS, that school was 100% black. Not anymore. The blacks are finding themselves battling populations that don't just pick up and run. Same shock they got in '92 when during the riots the blacks tried to attack Koreatown and were shot at by more than a few store owners, and the mestizos attacked blacks who came into "their" neighborhoods.