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The first significant wave of immigration started in 1903, when Koreans arrived in Hawaii to work on pineapple and sugar plantations. \u00a0By 1905, more than 7,000 Koreans had come to Hawaii to escape the famines and turbulent political climate of Korea. \u00a0Eventually, about half of these Korean workers moved to the mainland and established businesses such as laundry and nail salons, with the remainder returning to Korea.\u00a0 From 1905 to 1924, approximately 2,000 additional Korean immigrants moved to Hawaii and California as picture brides. \u00a0The mass immigration abruptly ended in 1924 when Congress passed the Oriental Exclusion Act of 1924.<\/p>\n
After Korea was liberated from Japanese occupation in 1945, Korea was divided in 1948 into the South and the communist North. \u00a0During the Korean War (1950-1953), about 15,000 Koreans moved to America. \u00a0The McCarran and Walter Act of 1952 nullified the 1924 Asian immigration ban and made Asians eligible for citizenship. \u00a0After the war, Korean wives of American soldiers, war orphans adopted by American families, and others migrated to the U.S.\u00a0 Most of the war brides were initially required to live on military bases.\u00a0 The war orphans were mainly of mixed race having American servicemen as fathers.\u00a0 The others, mainly students, professionals, and academics, successfully integrated into American society.<\/p>\n
The 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act revoked the national quota system. \u00a0The annual number of Korean immigrants steadily increased beginning in 1965.\u00a0 Conditions in Korea caused massive numbers of Koreans to immigrate in the 1960s through the early 1980s. \u00a0Their children, known as the second generation, comprise the major component of the current Korean-American community. \u00a0Unlike previous immigrants, this wave was mainly white-collar workers in Korea who voluntarily moved to America.<\/p>\n
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