Newsletters Donate My Account. Research Topics. Home Research Topics. Fact Sheet April 29, Source: and population estimates from U. All Filipino immigrants. All Asian immigrants. Follow Us. Figure 6. In fiscal year FY , the Philippines was the sixth-largest country of origin for new permanent residents. Approximately 47, of the 1. Most Filipinos who obtain green cards do so through family reunification channels.
In FY , 81 percent of the 47, Filipinos who received a green card did so as either immediate relatives of U. Figure 7. Notes: Family-sponsored : Includes adult children and siblings of U.
Immediate relatives of U. Diversity Visa lottery : The Immigration Act of established the Diversity Visa lottery program to allow entry to immigrants from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
The law states that 55, diversity visas in total are made available each fiscal year. Individuals born in the Philippines are not eligible for the lottery.
Although the vast majority of Filipino immigrants in the United States are legally present, approximately , were unauthorized in the period, according to Migration Policy Institute MPI estimates, comprising approximately 3 percent of the However, as of March , only 3, Filipinos were among the , active participants, according to U.
Filipinos have high health insurance coverage rates compared to all immigrants. In , just 6 percent of immigrants from the Philippines were uninsured, a rate similar to the U. Filipino immigrants were also more likely to be covered by private health insurance than the overall foreign- and U.
Figure 8. Note: The sum of shares by type of insurance is likely to be greater than because people may have more than one type of insurance. The Filipino diaspora in the United States was comprised of more than 4. Figure 9. Annual Remittance Flows to the Philippines, to Note : The figure represents World Bank estimates. Click here to view an interactive chart showing annual remittances received and sent by the Philippines and other countries.
Gibson, Campbell J. Working Paper no. Available online. United Nations Population Division. International Migrant Stock by Destination and Origin. Accessed June 1, Census Bureau. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Citizenship and Immigration Services. World Bank Prospects Group.
Annual Remittances Data, April update. Skip to main content. Filipino Immigrants in the United States. You are here Home » Migration Information Source. Adjust Font. July 15, Definitions The U. While some traveled to pursue education, most went to America to work in agriculture. In , Pew Research reported around 7. There are a lot of tales of human trafficking and exploitative labor among the OFW community, with the United States not exempt from them.
A report from anti-human trafficking nongovernmental organization Polaris and the National Domestic Workers Alliance found that most domestic workers trafficked by their US employers were from the Philippines. In a interview , Annalisa Enrile, a social work professor at the University of Southern California, attributed the demand for cheap migrant labor to rapid globalization.
Trump has proudly campaigned for his tougher approach to illegal immigration — one way through his pledge to build a controversial border wall to reduce illegal crossings. While more apprehensions at the US-Mexico border occurred in , deportation numbers under Trump remained below those under the watch of former president Obama. Despite the crackdown on thousands of undocumented Filipinos, there is still a fair portion of Fil-Am voters looking to keep Trump in power.
One reason for this is the conservative values of Fil-Ams.
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