It was thankless. dangerous work. but they helped to build the backbone of our states economy. Although many of them would leave soon after the work was done. several stayed behind in Houston. and in the early 1900s the first Chinese business districts were opened. The Asian American population in Houston remained quite low until the 1970s. when a new wave of immigration brought tens of thousands of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the city. Many of these early immigrants were Vietnamese refugees fleeing the country with the aid of the Indochinese Assistance and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975. Others were Chinese. drawn by the growth of the Chinese Merchants Association throughout the decade. Today. there are more than 100.000 Asian American and Pacific Islanders living in Houston.
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