The Rise of Asian Americans

The Rise of Asian Americans
            The Rise of Asian Americans article fascinated me. In a way, I am reading about my own culture, because I am a quarter Chinese. I don’t look it, but I have the stereo-type characteristics, lol. There were many intriguing facts in this article.

“Asian Americans are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are more satisfied than the general public with their lives, finances and the direction of the country, and they place more value than other Americans do on marriage, parenthood, hard work and career success, according to a comprehensive new nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center.”

I thought this quote was important because the Asian American population is starting to stand out. In the past they were really repressed. There were the exclusion acts that were passed to keep them out of the country. I just thought it was interesting that how the exclusion acts prevented the Asian Americas from coming in the U.S., but later on in history they are able to migrate and they are making their presence known. We are that witnessing history. I think in the past people were afraid of the Asian immigrants taking over. After reading this article, that makes me think, have the Asian immigrants taken over?

Interesting Facts from Article

“More than six-in-ten (61%) adults ages 25 to 64 who have come from Asia in recent years have at least a bachelor’s degree. This is double the share among recent non-Asian arrivals, and almost surely makes the recent Asian arrivals the most highly educated cohort of immigrants in U.S. history.”

If Asian migrants are migrating over with a bachelors degree, that makes it easier for them to find a job down here. Employers want people who are educated. That brings me to the next important quote.

“Recent Asian immigrants are also about three times as likely as recent immigrants from other parts of the world to receive their green cards—or permanent resident status—on the basis of employer rather than family sponsorship (though family reunification remains the most common legal gateway to the U.S. for Asian immigrants, as it is for all immigrants)”

I think having your employer sponsor you is a very smart way to migrate to the U.S. I think that could be something that maybe they could use in the immigration reform. The plan would be get your bachelors in your mother country, then migrate to US, get a job and have your employer sponsor you. Although, I’m not too sure on how sponsoring someone works. I thought they have to request you to come over first. Hmm. Also there could be a program for people who want to receive their masters and be granted citizenship after they receive their masters. All the possibilities. I wish I would have thought of this during the final….