Answer/discuss the main points at the end of each in 5 or more sentences.
What are “push” and “pull” factors that cause people to move from one country to another?
What are major historical events that encouraged Asian Immigrations to the U.S.?
Can you describe the major immigration reforms in 1965 and 1986?
What is the estimate of the percentage of Asian Americans who are undocumented?
Which countries are the largest number from?
What are the most common ways that undocumented Asian immigrants come to the U.S.?
What leads to the invisibility of undocumented Asian immigrants?
What kinds of conditions and barriers do undocumented persons face?
Can you describe the key differences between what pro- and anti-immigration forces are proposing to fix
America’s broken immigration system?
What was the Obama administration’s stance on immigration enforcement?
What were President Trump’s campaign promises about immigration policy and what he does during his
time in office?
What have been the highlights of Biden’s immigration policies during his first two years in office?
During the 1980s, how did the perceptions of Asian Americans as:
•The model minority
•An Asian invasion
set the stage for resentment of Asian immigrants in Monterey Park and the larger San Gabriel Valley?
What are examples of each?
How did negative views of Japan influence attitudes and perceptions of Asian Americans?
Who were the immigrant newcomers who arrived in large numbers to Monterey Park in the 1980s?
How did they differ from other groups of immigrants arriving during the same period?
Who were the immigrant newcomers who arrived in large numbers to Monterey Park in the 1980s?
How did they differ from other groups of immigrants arriving during the same period?
With the arrival of new immigrants, what were examples of changes that made the long-time residents uncomfortable or resentful? In response to the Asian newcomers, what was the meaning of the concepts: “Slow-growth” “English-only” What were some of the warning shots in the battle over language in Monterey Park?
What happened to the composition of the Monterey Park City Council during the election of 1986?
Among white, Latino, and long-term Asian residents of Monterey Park, who had the greatest tolerance towards the 1980s Asian newcomers?
What is meant by a “Model Minority” group?
Why did this stereotype emerge in the 1960s?
How was it used to discredit and undermine the civil rights movement?
What’s problematic with labeling a group like Asian Americans a “model minority?”
