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Policies Affecting Filipino Americans
| 1898 | Treaty of Paris |
| 1899 | Filipino-American War |
| 1901 | Philippine Organic Act passed by Congress set policy for the Taft era (1901-1913) |
| 1903 | Pensionado program authorized |
| 1909 | Philippine Tariff Act |
| 1913 | Underwood Simmons Act-free trade between United States and Philippines; replaced Tariff Act |
| 1932 | Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act excluded Filipino immigration to united States because they were ruled ineligible for citizenship |
| 1934 | Tydings-McDuffie Independence Act |
| 1940 | Nationality Act made it possible for Filipino immigrants to become naturalized citizens |
| 1946 | Philippines granted independence |
| 1952 | Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarran-Walter Act) |
| 1965 | Immigration and Naturalization Act-removal of national origins quotas facilitated Filipino immigration |
| 1986 | Immigration Reform and Control Act - Amnesty program |
| 1990 | Immigration Act |
