More Chinese and Italians in the United States

My challenge is to have the Chinese and Italian Americans as numerous as the British, Germans, Irish, and Mexicans. The POD would be after 1900 (you can post pre-1900). What would be the effects of more Chinese and Italian immigrations to American culture, economy, and politics.
 
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1) It is my understanding that the vast majority of the Chinese who came in the 1800 were men. The few women that came were forced into prostitution. If there was a program where the Chinese men could send for their families or at least a wife, then you would have greater population growth. The POD is having Christian ministers agree that separating a family is wrong.
2) When immigration reform was passed in the 1980's, have a section that automatically awards a green card to students who graduate with a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) allowing them to stay in the USA. After they obtain a job, they can bring over their immediate family. The POD is the early computer technology industry convinces Regan that we need the the best people in the world working in America.
3) When Britain agreed to hand over Hong Kong to China in 1984, have Reagan and Congress agree to authorize issuing additional green cards to "freedom loving" Hong Kong Chinese who could support themselves in America.
4) Expand the Invest in America program where if you invest I believe $500,000 in America, then you can get a green card. It is my understanding that the current program includes the immediate family in the 5,000 person quote. By only counting the person making the investment under the quota, that would increase the number of people who come to the USA. This program has become a source of financing for construction projects. The POD is the agreement that after the financial crash of 2008, that it was urgent to increase the amount of capital available for investing.

As for Italian Americans, I thought that there were already a lot of them in the country. Where I grew up there were several families and I always enjoying eating at their house. The food was great!!

Stubear1012
 
You'd need the U.S. to not restrict immigration form China with the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1884. Chinese immigration feel from a decenial peak of 133,139 in the 1870s to 65,797 in the 1880s and 15,268 in the 1890s as a result. Chinese immigration to the U.S. was limited to family reunification after 1884 and remained below 20,000 per decade until the 1980s. Keep in mind that until 1884 the majority of Chinese immigrants were male and were temporary migrants often returning to China. The exclusion act had the effect of keeping the men who were already in the U.S. from leaving and bringing their families over. An interesting aspect of the Chinese emigration was originally the vast majority of Chinese emigrants were from the Pearl River Delta.

For Italians, World War I and the subsequent 1924 Immigration Act put a stop to immigration. The Italian immigration to the U.S. had to compete with South America (Brazil and Argentina) as a destination for Italians from the Mezzogiorno and with Northern Europe for Northen Italians (few of whom chose the U.S.). Immigration from Italy was also dominated by single men, many of whom eventually returned, explaining why there were only 1.6 million Italian-born individuals in the U.S. by 1920, despite 3.8 million immigrants having arrived from between 1890 and 1920.

During the immediate Post World War II period, Italians emigrated in large numbers, but the quotas were not lifted by the U.S. As a result, Argentina, Australia and Canada all attracted larger numbers of Italians. Western Europe, Brazil and Venezuela to attracted large numbers of Italians during the 1950s. By 1965 when the quotas were lifted, Italy's economy had developed greatly meaning that Italian immigrant arrivals had been recuded to 150,031 in 1970-1979 and 55,562 for the following decade.

The easiest way to have more Italians and Chinese is to butterfly away the restrictions and the World Wars which would limit immigration.
 
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