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The Filipino veterans efforts in Washington, D.C., and in the US Congress, have been repeatedly supported by Hmong- and Lao-American veterans groups who served with U.S. forces during the Vietnam War in Kingdom of Laos, as well as various non-profit, and non-governmental organizations s, including the Lao Veterans of America, Inc. [12]
The Filipino Veterans Fairness Act aims to grant benefits to the remaining veterans and the families of the hundreds of thousands of Filipino servicemen who were recruited by the U.S. in the early ...
In 2003, Veteran Affairs health benefits were extended to Filipino American World War II veterans. [ 12 ] In 2009, Section 1002 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided for a one-time $15,000 lump sum for the surviving veterans who are US Citizens, [ 13 ] and a $9,000 lump sum settlement for non-citizens. [ 14 ]
In the late 1980s, efforts towards reinstating benefits first succeeded with the incorporation of Filipino veteran naturalization in the Immigration Act of 1990. [254] Over 30,000 such veterans had immigrated, with mostly American citizens, receiving benefits relating to their service.
The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO; Filipino: Tanggapan ng Ugnayang Pambeterano ng Pilipinas [3]) is the Philippine agency for Filipino war veterans.Under the Department of National Defense, [4] PVAO serves to fulfill a national commitment as embodied in Section 7, Article XVI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution:
Veterans are eligible for numerous benefits, including home loans, a pension plan, medical help, insurance, and much more.
Unlike other non-citizen veterans, veterans of the Philippine Division and other Filipinos who fought as part of the USAFFE were never granted citizenship. Since 1993, various bills have been introduced to the United States Congress under the name Filipino Veterans Fairness Act to rectify this. However, this was a complicated matter as after ...
Benefits for most Filipino veterans were rescinded with the Rescission Act of 1946. Filipinos, primarily war brides, immigrated to the United States; further immigration was set to 100 persons a year due to the Luce–Celler Act of 1946, this though did not limit the number of Filipinos able to enlist into the United States Navy.