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Japanese Heritage

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Tamotsu (Tom) Kobayashi in army uniform - Yamato, Florida

Yamato farmers at railroad siding - Yamato, Florida

Kobayashi family portrait

1950

1911

1926

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Japanese men in horse drawn cart - Yamato, Florida

Last class at Yamato schoolhouse

Three Japanese American men posing for a picture

1912

1921

1913

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Immigrants from Asia in the United States

"          Migration from Asia to the United States has risen sharply since the mid-1960s, following the end of exclusionary immigration laws enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that severely limited arrivals from countries across the Asian continent. With the passage of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the number of immigrants from Asian countries in the United States grew considerably. As of 2019, there were 14.1 million immigrants from Asia residing in the United States, representing a 29-fold increase from 1960. Today, people born on the continent of Asia account for 31 percent of the 44.9 million immigrants in the United States. This number refers to national origin, not race or ethnicity; while most immigrants from Asian countries identify as Asian, others describe themselves as White or as members of other racial groups.          "

Source:
Mary Hanna and Jeanne Batalova. (2021)"Immigrants from Asia in the United States" Published by: Migration Policy Institute https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigrants-asia-united-states-2020

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