I have over ten years of college teaching experience, having taught multiple sections of 1301 and 1302 United States History at several local colleges in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. For these efforts, I have been a finalist for teacher of the year twice and have been awarded the Emerald Award for innovation in the classroom. I love teaching and the subject of history and the humanities.
This chapter examines the immigration of South Asian and Indian populations to the United States between 1820 and 2015. More specifically, this effort scrutinizes legislative changes in immigration policy enabling this group to become the second largest immigrant group after Mexicans in the United States. These changes include the following: the removal of national origin quotas, the introduction of temporary skilled worker programs, and the creation of employment-based permanent visas. Because of these policy changes, by 2015, South Asian immigrants, primarily Indians, had become the top recipients of high-skilled H-1B temporary visas and were the second-largest group of international students in the United States. All told, this study will answer the following questions: What are the origins and demographics of these emigrants who make up the South Asia diaspora? What fields of endeavor are they drawn to by their prior education and skill sets? To what geographic locations have they migrated? And how successful are they in assimilating into their new surroundings?
Part of the book: Indigenous, Aboriginal, Fugitive and Ethnic Groups Around the Globe