ASIA AM 20 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Culture Of Thailand, Generation Gap, Hmong Americans

• School: UCLA
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: ASIA AM 20
• Professor: Welty, L.

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Migration: military bases wives also came to us, originally allowed 50 filipinos a year into the us; increased quota to 100. Education exchange act nurses studied in us and then stayed bc better living conditions. 1965 immigration policy--family connections were primary basis for acceptance into the us; high-skilled professionals (american demand for medical workers and filipinos already had american training) Education exchange act and health professions assistance act. Us sent aid and set up air bases in thailand: war spread into laos and cambodia. Cambodia who forced cambodians into concentration camps after taking power) Us pressure philippines to send troops to vietnam. American people didn"t want to continue war in vietnam, us pulled out forces, In the meantime, many thai had left for us and thailand was familiar to. 1965--us sent troops to vietnam & removed national origins quotas. After south vietnamese ed by boat, us moved refugees to american military bases (operation new life)