The second wave of modern migration came after the Second World
War, when Filipino war veterans who served in the U.S. military migrated
to the United States, along with their dependents. Filipino war brides of
U.S. servicemen enjoyed the same privilege. The 1960’s saw
unprecedented reforms in the immigration laws of Canada (1962), the United
States (1965) and Australia (1966), reducing restrictions to Asian
immigration. Filipino immigration to the US was facilitated by the
immigration policy of the Lyndon Johnson administration that encouraged
family reunification. Europe also introduced a guest worker program that
helped Filipino professionals.
In the intervening period, the US 4-H agricultural program welcomed
Filipino workers disguised as “trainees” while the US Navy recruited hundreds
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Bautista (2002). The Filipino Americans: Their