Introduction It is a well-known fact that the United States is one of the most multinational countries in the world that was practically built by immigrants and has been a welcoming home for millions of newcomers from all around the world for hundreds of years. However, the assimilated American population of the descendants of the earliest waves of immigration (mostly from Europe), has quickly grown to consider the land their own, thus becoming neglectful and hostile toward the new settlers seeking for better life and opportunities. This essay is based on an exploration of two books, Philip Vera Cruz: A Personal History of Filipino Immigrants and the Farmworkers Movement by Craig Sharlin and Lilia Villanueva and The Dreams of Two Yi-Min by Margaret Pai, to study the described experiences and events to construct an argument as to how the legacies of empires (Japanese, American) shaped the lives of Korean and Filipino migrants to the United States (Hawai‘i and the mainland) in the twentieth century. In the two books, the immigrants face degrading attitudes from the oppressive, powerful nations and are exploited for their benefit without being offered any rights, freedoms, or protection in return. Bias and Discrimination against Filipino Immigrants in the USA In the opening chapter of their book titled Philip Vera Cruz: A Personal History of Filipino Immigrants and the Farmworkers Movement , Sharlin and Villanueva present the brief description of the chain of events that resulted in the formation of negative bias toward Filipino immigrants staying in the United States that was majorly based on the belief that the newcomers were taking over the available jobs, thus leaving American citizens unemployed and without income (XX). This idea persisted even though many Filipinos came to the USA as students to receive high-quality education and then return to their motherland as qualified professionals bound to find well-paid jobs. At the same time, alongside the negative perspective of the American population on these immigrants, the latter groups were encouraged and inspired to come to the United States because it was described in their motherland as a land of abundance and wealth and source of all types of goods (Sharlin and Villanueva XX). Most Filipino immigrants traveled to the United States to better themselves for the future back in the Philippines (Sharlin and Villanueva 21). Also, discussing the struggles faced by Philip Vera Cruz, as well as most of the other immigrants from his country, it is critical to mention that the gender ratio of the immigrants showed the drastic prevalence of males with few to none females (Sharlin and Villanueva 21). As a result, male laborers from the Philippines remained isolated after moving to the US. This tendency was powered by anti-miscegenation laws that were specifically designed to prohibit marriage and sexual relations between representatives of different races and ethnicities. This regulation soon resulted in the criminalization of the male immigrants of color and a growing negative bias among American citizens who started to perceive the newcomers as a threat to local women. In some states, the marriages between white American women and Filipino men were not outlawed; however, this did not help the mixed-race families to obtain a better treatment on the part of American citizens. The authors of the book presented a story tol