A group of 30 Filipinos arrive in San Francisco on May 4, 1934, three days after the Tydings-McDuffie Act is passed. They are considered "aliens" and are detained at Angel Island. They are released on appeal but told to report back to the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) or face deportation. They decide to hide, and the INS searches for these Pinoys and Pinays. These immigrants elude the INS, staying with their relatives and families, and their second-generation children, in Stockton, Salinas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. World War II begins and these immigrants are able to become naturalized citizens by joining the First and Second Infantry Regiment.