亚洲移民将帮助塑造美国的明天
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一项新研究显示，美国将继续是移民国家，而且将有越来越多的新移民来自亚洲。
内容来源：分享美国 地址链接：
http://go.usa.gov/3ueTk
移民构成美国最早的历史。
甚至在美国还没有独立以前，一波波来到这里的移民已经在帮助形成和充实美国人的身份——它不是基于血缘，而是靠对自由人的生命价值的共同理解。美国最早的移民来自英国各地，而后是德国移民，其后有大批爱尔兰和南欧及东欧移民。前些年，新移民主体来自墨西哥和拉丁美洲地区。随着时间的推移以及由于各种原因，美国移民潮总是此起彼伏。
来自印度的玛•米亚（Ma
Mya）和5岁的孙女一起做英文功课。 (© AP Images)
尤研究中心（Pew Research Center）的一项研究对未来美国人口走向做出如下预测：
- 移民人数到2065年将比现在增长36%，即4.41亿人。
- 移民及其子女将占上述增长的88%。
- 到2055年，美国将不再有占绝对多数的种族或族裔。白人将占人口的46%。白人今天占美国人口比例的62%。
- 墨西哥和其他西班牙语地区人向美国移民的速度正在放慢。
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与此同时，美国亚裔人口急剧增加。自2011年以来，亚洲一直是美国最大的新移民来源地。皮尤研究中心预计，到2065年，亚裔将占美国人口的
14%。.
新移民来自哪里？
今天，美国人数最多的新移民来自中国和印度。原因之一是，美国在1965年修改了原来倾向北欧和西欧移居美国的移民法。
另一个原因是教育。随着亚洲国家人均收入水平提高，更多亚洲年轻人选择到美国大学读书。皮尤中心指出，今天的亚洲移民是美国有史以来受教育水平最高的移民群体。1990年生效的一个签证项目为技术人材开辟了新机会，尤其是使中国、菲律宾、印度、越南、大韩民国和日本等国人能够基于就业获得绿卡。持绿卡意味着获得永久居住权，并且日后可以申请成为公民。
许多亚洲移民非常喜欢他们新国家中的创业精神，他们以比过去其他地区移民都快的速度开始创业经营。
高科技创业人约根•卡帕迪亚
(Courtesy photo)
来自印度的约根·卡帕迪亚（Yogen
Kapadia）便是其中一例。他在美国获得计算机学硕士学位后，进入加州硅谷（California’s Silicon
Valley）的一些高科技公司做事。他说，“硅谷打破一切偏见，培养的是创新所需要的唯一一个素质：头脑开放”。卡帕迪亚选择留在这里，当美国公民。2011年，他创办了自己的公司，发誓将“革新”网上文件管理。
不是所有新移民都创办公司。无论有什么样的梦想，有些人会
取得巨大成功，有些人会步履艰辛。但是，所有人都将享有每一个美国人拥有的自由，并且都会为美国最古老的史册增添新的篇章。
Asian immigrants are shaping tomorrow’s AmericaA
new study shows that the United States will remain a nation of
immigrants and that increasingly the new arrivals will come from
Asia.
It’s the oldest of stories. Even before the United States became an
independent nation, waves of immigrants helped the nation grow and
enriched an American identity grounded not in blood ties but in a
common understanding of life as a free people. At first the new
faces arrived from different parts of England and then from
Germany. Many more followed, from Ireland and from southern and
eastern Europe. More recently, immigrants from Mexico and other
parts of Latin America predominated. Over time, and for many
reasons, one immigrant wave slows but another grows.
Ma Mya and 5-year-old granddaughter Thetcho
Pyong of Indiana work on an English assignment. (© AP Images)
A new Pew Research Center study makes these predictions about
future Americans:
- There will be more of them, 36 percent more, or 441 million, by
2065.
- Immigrants and their offspring will account for 88 percent of
that increase.
- By 2055 there will be no racial or ethnic majority group.
Whites will be 46 percent of the population, as opposed to 62
percent today.
- The number of Mexicans and other Hispanics coming to the U.S.
is slowing.
- At the same time, the number of Asian Americans is rising
sharply. Since 2011, Asia has been the largest source of new
immigrants. By 2065, Pew projects 14 percent of Americans will be
of Asian origin.
Who are the newcomers?
Today more new Americans arrive from China and India than anywhere
else. In part that’s because the immigration laws were changed in
1965 to end a quota system that favored northern and western
Europeans.
Another factor is education. As incomes rise in Asian nations, more
young Asians choose to attend American universities. Today’s Asian
immigrants, says Pew, are the most highly educated immigrant group
in U.S. history. A visa program enacted in 1990 created new
opportunities for skilled workers. Immigrants from China, the
Philippines, India, Vietnam, the Republic of Korea and Japan in
particular have obtained employment-based green cards, which confer
permanent-resident status and the opportunity to obtain
citizenship.
Many Asian immigrants have embraced their new nation’s
entrepreneurial spirit, starting and running businesses at a faster
clip than most previous groups.
High-tech
entrepreneur Yogen Kapadia (Courtesy photo)
Indian native
Yogen Kapadia followed this path. After
earning a U.S. master’s degree in computer science, Kapadia worked
for high-tech companies in California’s Silicon Valley. “The Valley
breaks all prejudices and nurtures only the singular thing that
innovation needs: an open mind,” he says. He chose to stay, and to
become an American citizen. In 2011 Kapadia launched his own
business, and he promises it will “revolutionize” online document
management.
Not every newcomer will run a business. Some will
succeed greatly, whatever their dreams; others
will struggle. But all will enjoy the liberties that belong to
every American, and all will contribute new chapters to America’s
oldest story.
