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The African countries with the highest numbers of immigrants obtaining legal permanent residency in 2002 were Nigeria and Ethiopia.
In 2002, 8,129 immigrants from Nigeria obtained permanent resident status, followed by Ethiopia with 7,574, Egypt with 4,875, Somalia with 4,537, and Ghana with 4,256, according to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Immigration Statistics.
There are over 1 million African foreign born in the United States.
According to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey (see related article), there were 1.0 million African foreign born residing in the United States in 2002.
The African foreign born make up 3 percent of the total foreign-born population.
Of the 33.0 million foreign born in the United States in 2002, 1.0 million or 3 percent were from Africa.
The largest group of African foreign born in the United States, by region of Africa, is made up of people from Western Africa.
Of the 1.0 million African foreign born, 35 percent were from Western Africa, followed by 26 percent from Eastern Africa, 20 percent from Northern Africa, 7 percent from Southern Africa, and less than 3 percent from Middle Africa, according to the 2002 American Community Survey (see Table 1 and Box 1).
Only one in every three African immigrants is a naturalized citizen.
According to the US Census Bureau, 34 percent of all African foreign born were naturalized citizens in 2002, while 66 percent were non-citizens..
Effects of Immigration on the Santa Clara County and California economies
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U.S. House of
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U.S. SENATE ROLL CALL VOTES 111TH CONGRESS - 2ND SESSION (2010) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERMENT
Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010
S.3757 -- Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010 (Introduced in Senate - IS)
Testimony to the House Subcommitteon Africa on Ethiopia's Troubled Internal Situation
Silver Spring, Maryland, March 23 – Just before boarding time last Friday night, airport personnel told Mr. Yikal Getnet that he was to report to a Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) officer at Bole Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr. Getnet, chairperson of the rising Ethiopian opposition Semayawi Party, was leaving Ethiopia to attend a Young Read More
August 21, 2013 San Jose, California – To celebrate the Ethiopian New Year and to honor the Ethiopian flag, the leaders and members of the Ethiopian American Council (EAC) are encouraging all Ethiopians, Ethiopian-Americans, and their friends and families to join them at the Ninth Annual Ceremonial Ethiopian Flag Raising at New City Hall of Read More
San Jose, California – August 20, 2012 To honor the heritage of the Ethiopian-American community of San Jose and to extend thanks to three organizations who have served that community, The Eighth Annual Ceremonial Ethiopian Flag Raising will be held at San Jose New City Hall on Monday, September 10th 2012, at 11:45 Read More
August 11, 2012 Ethiopians to Forgo Food for Freedom of the Press Washington, D.C. – Free Media for Ethiopia, an activist group fighting for freedom of the press in that nation on the Horn of Africa, is organizing a 72-hour hunger strike to be held in Lafayette Square starting at noon on Friday, August 17. Read More
Regime Isolates Town, Cuts Phone Lines “Death is preferable than a life without justice and liberty… .” Those were the words on the lips of young Yenesew Gebre as he set himself ablaze at a public meeting that was being held in Waka Town in Ethiopia in hopes of settling some severe differences between the indigenous people Read More
More important opposition party leaders, journalists, and others popular with the people of Ethiopia were arrested earlier this week. Popular Ethiopians Enskinder Nega and Andulalem Andargie Handcuffed, Jailed The Ethiopian American Council (EAC) regrets to recount that the renowned Ethiopian journalist Enskinder Nega and Andulalem Andargie, the popular vice president of Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), Read More
San Jose, California – August 20, 2011 To celebrate the Ethiopian New Year and to honor the Ethiopian flag, leaders and members of the Ethiopian Americans Council (EAC) are encouraging all Ethiopians, Ethiopian-Americans, and their friends and families to join them at the Seventh Annual Ceremonial Ethiopian Flag Raising at New City Hall of San Jose on Thursday, September Read More
August 15, 2011 Drought Uncovers Aid Abuse Though the Ethiopian people have themselves known it for a long time, it should once again become apparent tothe world community that the repressive regime in Addis Ababa is using the long-term aid from democracies around the world to stifle the democratic aspirations of this important but economically Read More
The Zenawi’s Regime President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennysylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 March 22, 2011 Dear President Obama Ethiopians are joining the waves of changes that are sweeping Middle East and North Africa. On March 7 and 9, 2011, Ethiopians in Gamu Gofa peacefully protested against political repression as well as Read More
