Indian Immigration

Indian immigrants journeyed to the US as early as the late 1700s. They were hired as indentured servants and did household labor for their masters. Their main goal was to send money back to their families. Today, many Indians immigrate for the same reasons, though not as indentured laborers.
There was a brief period when Indians, as well as other Asians were not permitted to enter the United States. Because of tensions during the Second World War, the US government began limiting, and eventually banning immigration from Asia. After the war was over, public opinion of Asians was restored and the Indian Regional Exclusion Act was repealed. Indians were hesitant to migrate even after the repeal, but slowly, a steady flow of immigrants arrived in the US and the flow has continued to this day.
Indian immigrants study at American universities and get their degrees. They study tirelessly and land a well-paying and well-deserved job. Many of the more thought-intensive careers are occupied by the Indians who have migrated. Doctors, surgeons, engineers, professors. The Indians in our society are not necessarily hardworking in the sense that they were when they worked on railroads, but they are indeed hardworking members of our society.

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