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The US Census Bureau is adding refugees to its immigrant count

Dec. 16, 2024 16:15 PM EST

The U.S. Census Bureau is changing how it counts immigrants in annual estimates by including more people who were admitted for humanitarian, and often temporary, reasons. The change is being made in an effort to better reflect population shifts this decade, officials said Monday....

Trump couldn't pronounce 'Assyrians.' The community is happy to be in the spotlight

Oct. 18, 2024 19:46 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — It was Donald Trump's mispronunciation that first caught attention. “Also, we have many Asur-Asians in our room,” Trump said at a weekend rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona. “We have some incredible people in our room.” Asur-Asians? ...