Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935
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The Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935 established a repatriation
program for Filipinos
living in the United States
where they were provided free passage back to the Philippines
.
They were then subject if they wished to return to the US to the quota system established by the Tydings-McDuffie Act
of 1934. Family reunification
was halted, keeping many Filipinos waiting for years to see family members. A change occurred in 1943 allowing Filipinos in the U.S. to lease land.
In the October 3, 1938 issue of TIME Magazine, an article entitled "Philippine Flop" reported that 1,900 Filipinos had returned to the Philippines.
The program was declared unconstitutional in 1940, after some 2,190 Filipinos had returned to the Philippines.
Repatriation
Repatriation is the process of returning a person back to one's place of origin or citizenship. This includes the process of returning refugees or soldiers to their place of origin following a war...
program for Filipinos
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
living in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where they were provided free passage back to the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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They were then subject if they wished to return to the US to the quota system established by the Tydings-McDuffie Act
Tydings-McDuffie Act
The Tydings-McDuffie Act approved on March 24, 1934 was a United States federal law which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence after a period of ten years. It was authored by Maryland Senator Millard E...
of 1934. Family reunification
Family reunification
Family reunification is a recognized reason for immigration in many countries. The presence of one or more family members in a certain country, therefore, enables the rest of the family to immigrate to that country as well....
was halted, keeping many Filipinos waiting for years to see family members. A change occurred in 1943 allowing Filipinos in the U.S. to lease land.
In the October 3, 1938 issue of TIME Magazine, an article entitled "Philippine Flop" reported that 1,900 Filipinos had returned to the Philippines.
The program was declared unconstitutional in 1940, after some 2,190 Filipinos had returned to the Philippines.