Algerian Americans are

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who are of

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n descent or Algerians who have American citizenship. According to the

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, there are over 8,000 Americans of Algerian descent. After Algeria's war of independence, which ended in 1962, many Algerian students immigrated to the US to enroll in

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. Other Algerians, including scientists and doctors, also immigrated to the US to live there permanently. In the 1990s many Algerians were persecuted in their homeland for their political views which, together with the lack of jobs there, forced many of them to emigrate. However, the

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limited the number of

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who could immigrate to its member countries, which diverted most of the Algerian immigration to the US, which had increased the number of work visas for people from North Africa. Algerian communities are established in major cities such as New York,

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and

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. Algerians in Chicago commemorate the anniversary of the start of the war between Algeria and France that led to their country's independence every November 1.

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{{Africans in the United States American people of Algerian descent Arab American Multiracial ethnic groups in the United States North Africans in the United States

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