Cause Of Filipino Migration

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providing education only for a small elite group. The American enthusiasm for education was picked up and advanced by Filipinos both before and after the independence. “The education of the Filipino under American instrument of colonial policy. The Filipino had to be educated as an American. Young minds had to be shaped to conform to American ideas. Individual ideas were slowly eroded in order to remove the last…” (“The Mis-Education,”2000). Yet, it was negatively argued by the fact that the Philippines comprises 87 different dialects and this language diversity was only acted upon debate over the national language. “Initiated by the 1974 Philippine government policy that gradually phased out English language in school, business and government and replaced it with Pilipino, based on the Tagalog language of central and southern Luzon”(Dolan 77). The change subsequently phased out the system of education American directed and give way to the nationalistic form of education. Having done the change, it is still evident the presence of colonial mentality among Filipino when it comes to immigration.
Similarly, the questionable stability of government and the continuous depletion of economy are deemed to be an appropriate factor for Filipinos to migrate to the United States. Literary works impart that the situation regarding insurgency and the continuous devaluation of money drives Filipinos to seek a much greener pasture of the United States. “As directly proven by the 2000 Philippines census which provide a rates of 10.3% unemployment, 15.9 % underemployed in a total population of 76.5 M. and inflation rate of 3.4 %” (2000Phil. Census). All figures definitely provide enlightenment for skilled Filipinos to migrate to the United States. With the focus of the government is greatly directed to the war against insurgency, there are no possibilities that foreign investors would risk any resources to invest I the countr...