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The Chinese began immigrating to the U.S. to find work in California during the railroad expansion and the Gold Rush.

Many Asians were imported and paid brutally low wages to assemble the train tracks or to sift through streams for gold pieces for anxious prospectors.

Today, many Chinese-Americans are active in California politics. Some examples are Leland Yee, Fiona Ma, and Edwin Lee.

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