Pastoral
Ministry
Brooklyn Liaison: TBA
Queens
Liaison: Amerito Gerodius
Waves of Filipino Migration to the US
1763 -A settlement of "Manilamen" established in Saint Malo, Louisiana
1903 -Students or "pensionados"
1907 -(first wave) Gentlemen's Agreement closed Japanese migration and started Filipino male agricultural worker migration to Hawaii(22,000)
1930 -Census indicated 45,000 Filipinos in US
1935 -Immigration quota of 50/year
1946 -Quota changed to 100/year. Women were allowed to migrate
1952 -(second wave) New law allowed family reunification; about 2,500/year
1965 -(third wave) Professionals/skilled workers quoto of 20,000/year
1970 -Census indicated 337,000 Filipinos
1980 -Census showed 775,000 Filipinos
1990 -Census showed 1,406,770 of Filipino origin
2000 -Census showed 1,850,314 Filipino Americans and Immigrants