The biggest change was when the Hart-Cellar Act of 1965 eliminated highly restrictive national origins quotas, designed, ect. , to restrict immigration of those of Asian racial background.
Asian Americans are a model minority because their cultures encourage a strong work ethic, a respect for elders, a high degree of professional and academic success, a high valuation of family, education and religion.
Statistics such as high household income and low incarceration rate and low rates of many diseases and higher than average life expectancy are discussed as positive aspects of Asian Americans.
Asians have lived in the territories that became the United States in the year 1587. In 1898, they all gained full US citizenship. The United States Supreme Court in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) interpreted the 14th amendment to mean that every person born in the United States, regardless of race or ancestry is a citizen of the United States.
As of 2012, Asian Americans had the highest educational attainment level and median household income of any racial demographic in the country, and in 2008 they had the highest median personal income overall of any racial demographic.
