User:Fernirm/Asian Mexican

Asian Mexicans (mexicano asiático, orientales, hindues, indies) are Mexicans of Asian ancestry. However, the type of Asians described in this page are those of East Asian and South Asian descent (from the Far East & the Indian subcontinent, respectively). In Mexico, peoples from Far East/the Orient are known as Orientals. Also, Asian Indians are known as Hindus, despite the fact that not all Indians are Hindu (they are called this so as not to - confuse them with American Indians, who are called indios, or Indian).

History
The first people from Asia to reach Mexico were Filipinos laborers (and some Chinese) brought by the Spanish in the Acapulco-Manila trade. Most Mexicans of Filipino descent live in Southwestern Mexico. After Mexico's independence, thousands of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese immigrants came to Mexico. The Chinese migrated (in the 19th century onwards) to sites such as Baja California (especially Mexicali). Koreans arrived (beginning in 1905) in, again, Baja California, and Yucatan. The Japanese largely immigrated (from 1987 onwards) to, once more, Baja California, and to Chiapas, and north and central Mexico. Many Mexicans of Oriental descent are of mixed ancestry. There are about 800 Indians in Mexico, many of them being Hindus or Sikhs.



Status
Many Mexicans of Asian descent have been discriminated against during the 1930s & 1940s, when anti-Chinese and anti-Japanese sentiment was high. In the 1930s, many Mexicans of Chinese descent (whether partial or full) were forcibly deported out of the country during the presidency of Mexican president Plutarco Elías Calles. In the 1940s, just like in the U.S., many Japanese Mexicans (along with Mexicans of Italian and German ancestry) were forced out of Baja California and the coast of western Mexico and put in Mexico City and Guadalajara, since at the time, World War II was going on and the Japanese were judged as enemies since Mexico was an Allied power and Japan was an Axis power. The looming presence of U.S. influence was another factor that drove the decision to remove Japanese Mexicans (since the U.S. did the same). After the war, Mexico accepted refugees from Japan, and many Japanese stayed in Mexico City and Guadalajara. To this day, there are thousands of immigrants from East Asia, and few from South Asia. Many Chinese and South Asian immigrants arrive illegally in Mexico, some use Mexico as an entry point to the United States, but most stay in Mexico.