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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 15 > Fading dreams of moving here

Fading dreams of moving here

Iraqis have long wanted to come to America. Now that violence has waned - and the U.S. economy has faltered - some aren’t so sure.


March 15, 2009

By Tina Susman

BAGHDAD — Raheem’s cell phone rang as we walked through a crowded market, stepping over piles of trash and weaving around slow-moving donkey carts.

He spoke to the caller in his usual low murmur, then hung up. It was a U.S. immigration official, he told me. His....

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