Bibliogr. s. 41-43

Asians have been arriving in the United States since the late decades of the nineteenth century. Their fate in the new land was as diverse as diverse were their origins, reasons for migration, and the process of acculturation in the US.In the 2000 United States Census data, researchers observed an interesting fact connected with the Asian migrant inflow. A report released in 2012 declared that the Asian population grew faster over the previous decade than any other race group. While Latinos still remained the most numerous ethnic population, their share in the immigration stream to the US has dropped. Suddenly, Asian immigrant groups became the focal point in discussions on the future character of immigrant America. Asian immigrants have come a long way and experienced prejudice, exploitation and persecutions. Their beginnings in the US were not easy. Racial stereotypes and prejudice brought the Chinese to closed doors of American gates. The policy of exclusion shaped Asian immigration to the United States for many years. Surprisingly, in spite of many obstacles created by enacted aws or the American society’s attitudes towards Asians, Chinese immigrants became valuable and awaited members of the US labor force. Professionals from China filled a gap in the labor marke for professionals and this apeared to be an important step in creating a new profile of Asians in the United States. Philipino immigrants also were an important part of American labor force. Their experience, however, was completely different.Today, exclusion policy is history and Asians are gaining more and more attention as their share in the American reality increases. They are also becoming a more and more important and powerful actor in American politics.