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Second-generation immigrants in the United States are individuals born and raised in the United States who have at least one foreign-born parent. [ 1] Although the term is an oxymoron which is often used ambiguously, this definition is cited by major research centers including the United States Census Bureau and the Pew Research Center. [ 1][ 2]
The history of Filipino Americans begins in the 16th century when Filipinos first arrived in what is now the United States. The first Filipinos came to what is now the United States due to the Philippines being part of New Spain. Until the 19th century, the Philippines continued to be geographically isolated from the rest of New Spain in the ...
The Citizenship Retention and Re-Acquisition Act of 2003 (Republic Act No. 9225) made Filipino Americans eligible for dual citizenship in the United States and the Philippines. [174] Overseas suffrage was first employed in the May 2004 elections in which Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was reelected to a second term.
Immigrant generations. In sociology, people who permanently resettle to a new country are considered immigrants, regardless of the legal status of their citizenship or residency. [ 1] The United States Census Bureau (USCB) uses the term " generational status " to refer to the place of birth of an individual or an individual's parents.
The period of American colonization of the Philippines was 48 years. It began with the cession of the Philippines to the U.S. by Spain in 1898 and lasted until the U.S. recognition of Philippine independence in 1946. In 2015, the U.S. State Department estimated in 2016 that more than 220,000 U.S. citizens lived in the Philippines and more than ...
[155] [156] After the Philippine–American War, the United States civil governance was established in 1901, with William Howard Taft as the first American Governor-General. [157] A number of Americans settled in the islands and thousands of interracial marriages between Americans and Filipinos have taken place since then.
During the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, the United States had limited regulation of immigration and naturalization at a national level. Under a mostly prevailing "open border" policy, immigration was generally welcomed, although citizenship was limited to “white persons” as of 1790, and naturalization subject to five year residency ...
Pensionado Act. The Pensionado Act is Act Number 854 of the Philippine Commission, which passed on 26 August 1903. Passed by the United States Congress, it established a scholarship program for Filipinos to attend school in the United States. The program has roots in pacification efforts following the Philippine–American War.