Filipino Repatriation Act
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The Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935 established for
Provisions
The Filipino Repatriation Act provided free one-way transportation for single adults. Such grants were supplemented in some instances by private funds, such as from the California Emergency Relief Association, that paid passage for Filipino children who had been born in the United States so that they could return with their parents. Both the Tydings–McDuffie Act and the Filipino Repatriation Act halted family reunification under U.S. immigration law, forcing many Filipino families to remain separate for a number of years.[1] If they wished to return to the US, the Filipinos were restricted under the quota system established by the Tydings–McDuffie Act which limited the number of Filipinos entering the US to 50 per year.
History
Along with
During the late 19th and early 20th Century, many Asians and Asian-Americans faced discrimination within the United States. Though
The program was largely unsuccessful and transferred fewer than 2,200 Filipinos back to the Philippines, at a time when there were over 45,000 Filipinos reported in the 1930 census in the mainland United States. In the October 3, 1938 issue of Time, an article entitled "Philippine Flop" reported that 1,900 Filipinos had returned to the Philippines.[3] This failure has often been attributed to the fact that if any Filipino wished to return to the US during the tenure of this program then they would be facing an uphill battle against a quota of only 50 Filipinos allowed into the US per year.[2]
This act was deemed unconstitutional by the
See also
References
- ^ a b c Johansen, Bruce E. "Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935". Immigrationinamerica.org. Immigrationinamerica.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ a b Filipino Americans. 2006. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc.
- ^ "RACES: Philippine Flop". Time. 3 October 1938. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005.