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cozah bawmhnak an lak. Ralzam in a phanmi 15% nih cozah bawmhnak an ei, timhtuahnak le thiamnak an ngeih lo caah bawmhnak an la deuh tiah an ti. Hi ram ah a rak pemmi cu mino deuh lawng te an si caah, American putar le pitar an tam tuk lio ah rian ` uan khomi an si caah an ` hahnem an ti ve. Kum 19 – 64 minung nih kum 18 tang mino le 65 cung upa kha an cawm hna. Kum khat ah USD 10 billons hi an luhter ve. US minak pawl kha rian an chut hna lo, rian ` uanmi hlawh tu hi an ` umter an ti. US mipem hi holh an thiam cio lo. Chan hnihnak minung 95% nih holh cu ` ha tein an thiam. US ahcun holh fa tete rianrang in a tlau. Mirang holh hi an thiam tuan i, an com- munity ah a nung colh. Ramdang ahcun holh tlau a tlawm deuh. [Re: Migration Policy Institute (MPI)] Hmailei Chinmi Dirhmun Cuan Hna Usih Kannih Chinmi cu Asians dang he tahc- hunh tikah milu kan tlawm ngai. Indianapolis, IN um BACI Facebook 8/4/2017 ning in, June 30, 2017 tiangah US ah Burma ralzaam milu 169,949 hi kum 2000 thok khan kan phan cang tiah an ti. 1. Karen: 71,353, 2. Chin: 59,679, 3. Kar- enni [Kaya]: 12,490, 4. Burman: 5,878, 5. Kachin: 3,916, 6. Arakanese: 2,531, 7. Mon: 2,261, 8. Shan: 1,212, le 9. Adangdang 10,629 hna an si. Kannih Chinmi cu kan tlawm tuk caah Asian dang bantuk in kan mibu [community] hi a ` hawng lo. Indianapolis, IN le Dallas, Texas lawng hi a ` hawng deuh ah an tla. A dang Chin community cu mi phundang, a bik in Mirang nih a kan chilh ngai. Awl tein mip- hun dang nih dolh dih awl te kan si. Atu Lai ngakchia tampi cu Lai holh an thiam lo. Kan Laiholh an thiam lo i English lawng an thiam ahcun Chin hawikomhnak [society] in anmah tein an zam te lai. Kan holh an thlau ahcun kan nunphung cu a tlau lai. Nunphung a tlau

USA ah a ummi Asian miphun dang hna:

Nihin US ram khuasa Asian miphun a tam deuh cu Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Viet- namese, Korean le Japanese an si. Asian mi dihlak ih 85% an si. US ram milu zong an karhter ngai. 66% hi ramdang chuakmi an si. A taangmi hi US ram chung chuakmi an si. Kum 2014 ah 12.4 million an si. Chungkhar nih auhmi an tam. 55% hi US citizens a simi nulepa hna nih auhmi an si. Filipino pawl nih an ulenau hna nih US green card an hmuhnak caah kum 25 tiang zong an hngah ko. Chinese upa cia ratnak caah an unau hna nih kum 14 an hngah. A cheu cu rian ` uannak [H-1B] visa le sianginn kainak F1 visa in an ra. India pawl hi rian ` uannak visa in USA ah a ra khomi an tam. Kum 2014 tiang ah USA ah phungning lo in a ummi 11.5 million lakah Asian cu 1.5 millions an si. Million cheu nih rian ` uannak nawl an hmu. Asian pawl nih a ngeihmi businesses cu 1.5 millions a si. Kum 2000 ah 274 billions an hmuh i 2013 ahcun 700 billions an hmuh. $VLDQPLFX¿PFDZQQDNDKPLSKXQGDQJKQD nakin an sang deuh. PEW research center nih Asian 10 lakah 7 nih degree an hmu tiah an ti. 13% hi English thiam lo in rian a ` uanmi an si. A dang paoh hi English a thiam i rian ` ha a ` uanmi an si. Asian tampi nih American chunmang an manh khawh cang an ti. Table 1. Distribution of Asian Immigrants by Region and Top Country of Origin, 2014 Source: Migration Policy Institute (MPI) tabulation of data from the U.S. Census Bu- reau, 2014 ACS. Asian pawl nih Minak pawl an ` uanmi rian hi an chuh hna tiah an ti. Mi cheu nih American pawl nih an ` uan duh lomi hlawh tlawmmi rian hna pei an ` uan ko tiah an ti ve. Micheu nih cun rian a thi hnikmi pawl an nunter an ti ve hna. 1980 hnu ah mipem 2.8% nih cozah bawmhnak an lak. Rammi 4.2% nih

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