Even though Muslims have been coming to the United States for decades, no in-depth study has ever been conducted. This can cause problems in relationship to a national understanding or these immigrants. In fact, Muslim Americans are on of the fastest growing immigrant groups in the United States. Add this with the world affairs in the Middle East, an uneducated mass population on this issue, and the outcome can become dead

Many Iraqi immigrants have sought refugee statues in the states. The 1990 census shows 14,359 Iraqi immigrants. Between 1980 and 1994, 18,340 were granted refugee status and 489 granted asylum in the U.S. There were more than 6,000 granted refugee status in 1994 alone. The first influx of Iraqi Muslims came during the 50’s and 60’s when wealthy families sent their sons here for education. However, in 1958 a military coup inspired many of these students to stay within the United States. During the late 70’s a systematic persecution of those opposed to Saddam Hussein’s regime forces thousands to flee the country. Never the less, the larges Arab immigration was during the 80’s and 90’s. The Iraqi Muslims make up 10% of all Arab Americans. Estimates of Iraqi Americans given by Iraqi communities are as high as 300,000 people which consist of 1st 2nd and 3rd generations.

Most immigrants can be defined into two different economic classes; the educated professionals/small business owners and the many new refugees who have little or now education. It is the ladder group of individuals that are seen as a drain on the economy and face discrimination and hardships due to the intolerance of mainstream society. Discrimination is also dependent on the level of assimilation into the mainstream.

The trend of political and economic trials causing an influx in immigrants continues with Egyptian, Indonesian, Guyana, Georgian, Albanian, Pakistanis, Trinidadian, Malayalam, and Telugus Muslims. In Egypt, first the wealthy felt threatened by economic nationalization. War and social dislocation followed. Egyptians came to the States to find jobs and college educations.

Pre-WWII immigrants from Bosnia and Lebanon were, for the majority, uneducated. They came to cities like Chicago and Detroit to work on the subway, buildings, or steel. After WWII entire families came from Bosnia. They represented the entire spectrum of Muslim life and society. Rich land owners immigrated along side

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