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The Importance Of Afghans Migration To America

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In 1920s a group of 200 Pashtuns arrived in America
The records of the first Afghans is very vague and non-existent
The first Afghans who arrived were mostly from the upper class who had a high education, and were trained for a profession
In 1930s and 1940s most Afghans arrived in large groups or alone and some were married to Europeans
From 1953 - 1970s, an estimated amount of 230 Afghans immigrated to United States and got their citizenship
From 1973 - 1977 110 Afghans came to America due to political uncertainty
There were also many Afghans who came to America for education or other reason and then returned to Afghanistan
Several thousands of Afghans were granted the resident alien status according to the U.S Immigration and Naturalization

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