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Iraqi Americans
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37,714<br>001% of the US population
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Michigan , California , Illinois , San Diego , Tennessee , Texas , New York , Arizona , Virginia , Missouri , Pennsylvania
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American English <br> Arabic (variants of Iraqi Arabic )<br> Assyrian Neo-Aramaic <br> Syriac <br> Chaldean
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Islam <br> Christianity <br> Judaism
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Other Iraqi People , Assyrian American s, Armenian American s
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are Americans of Iraq i descent, including those who are expatriates in exile or permanent immigrants. According to the ancestries article in the 2000 Census around 37,714 (> 0.01%) Americans with Iraqi descent were living within the United States. Since the 2003 war has started, less than 800 refugees have made the United States their home, and discrimination has been relatively low. According to the census regulations of 2005, the racial status of Iraqi Americans along with all other Arab Americans is considered to be White .
According to the Bureau Of Citizenship And Immigration Services , 49,006 Iraqi foreign born immigrated to the United States between 1989 and 2001 and 25,710 Iraqi-born immigrants naturalized between 1991 and 2001.
Since the US-led Invasion Of Iraq , the US has promised to increase the number of Iraqi refugees who will be allowed to settle in the United States from 500 to 7,000.http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2013034,00.html
It is unclear as to when Iraqis first started to arrive in the United States, but the Iran-Iraq War , following the Invasion Of Kuwait and harsh Economic Sanctions ; was a result in many seeking refuge in the US.
However, according to the Census 2000, in which it states that just under 90,000 people born in Iraq are resident in the United States. It has also covered information on the residents ancestry or ethnic origin, which show 33,000 people claiming only "Iraqi" ancestry, nearly 38,000 if those who wrote in another reply as well as "Iraqi" are included. A further 82,000 people were reported as "Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac," indigenous descendants of Iraq; whom of which are mainly Christian. Nearly 206,000 others gave their ancestry as "Arabic" without specifying a country of origin, and many of them are likely to be from Iraq. Of those reporting Iraqi ancestry, 29 percent live in Michigan; of those reporting Assyrian, Chaldean, or Syriac ancestry, 42 percent live in Michigan. http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/IraqisintheUnitedStates.aspx
- Amy Fadhli , fitness model, actress and winner of the ''Fitness America National Champion 1996''
- Heather Raffo , playwright/actress
- Zina Zaflow , actress
- Ibrahim Al-Marashi , academic plagiarized by the British government
- Alia Shawkat , actress known as Maeby Funke on '' Arrested Development ''
- TIMZ , rapper
- Elliott Yamin , singer
- Chris Kattan , comedian and actor; best known for his work on '' Saturday Night Live ''
- Daniel Pearl , journalist (kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan )
- Kaysar Ridha , contestant on reality show '' Big Brother ''
- Stephan Smith , singer-songwriter, poet and political activist
- Dahlia Wasfi , activist
- Zainab Salbi co-founder and president for Women For Women International
- Ahmed El Faleh , singer who participated in '' Super Star 3 '', the pan- Arabic version of '' Pop Idol ''
- Ahmed Qusai Al-Taayie , soldier
- Rahim AlHaj , musician and composer
- Usama Alshaibi , film director of '' Muhammad And Jane ''
- Yasir Bahrani , dentist and a member of the Toys For Tots organizing committee
- Basam Ridha , actor
- Alon Ben-Meir , professor, writer and is the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute
- Wafaa Bilal , artist and professor at the School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago
- Rafil A. Dhafir , physician
- Dena El Saffar , musician
- Amir ElSaffar , musician and younger brother of Dena
- Elias Alsabti , medical researcher and writer
- Aban Elias , civil engineer, (recently held hostage and has not been heard from since)
- Falah Hassan , footballer
- Saul Fathi , author
- Rend Al-Rahim Francke , politician, political activist and once held the position as Iraqi Ambassador to the United States
- Michael Mizrachi , professional poker player (Iraqi Jewish father)
- Linda George , singer
- Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb , journalist
- Yasmine Hanani , actress known for her role in Voices Of Iraq and The Kingdom
- Jumana Hanna , involved in war propaganda
- Farris Hassan
- Husham Al-Husainy , Sheikh of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center
- Ayham Al-Samarie , politician
- Juliana Jendo , singer
- Sarab Kamoo , actress known for her role in Super Sucker
- Majid Khadduri , academic
- Shakir Al Khafaji , businessman
- Toba Khedoori , artist
- Leila Kubba , artist
- Sam Kubba , author and businessman
- Sami Khoshaba Latchin
- Kanan Makiya , academic, professor
- Mohammad Munaf
- Hisham N. Ashkouri , architect
- Najah Ali , boxer
- Abdul Rahman Yasin
- Robert Nalo , burglar and heist man
- Samuel Nalo , businessman, hijacker, burglar and brother of Robert
- Mohammed Odeh Al-Rehaief
- Ayad Rahim , journalist
- Janan Sawa , musician
- Saadi Simawe , translator, novelist and teacher
- John Kanno , politician running for congress in California
- Joseph Markhay , engineer
- Ella Shohat , professor, author and activist
- Hind Rassam Culhane , professor
- Khidir Hamza , scientist
- Sama Raena Alshaibi , artist
- Maysaloun Faraj , artist
- Jack Marshall (author) , poet and author
- Lorraine Ali , editor and music critic http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/03fallbiosabs.htm
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