re: Immigrants outside my apartment

Break out the Daisy Red Rider and have some fun

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Why couldn't they go to any other country more proximate to theirs, one less cumbersome in the process?

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I won’t pretend to know the geopolitical climate of surrounding countries for Iraqi refugees at the time, nor their own processes. Perhaps there were barriers.

I never met the parents to ask about it, just the kids once they grew up. I know they lived under the radar for awhile in each of Syria, Turkey, and Greece before the U.S. I think the decision just boiled down to two things:

1. There were relatives in the States already (parental siblings if memory serves)
2. Many peoples of the world in such situations have long viewed America as the land of opportunity.

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I didn't post that.

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That one was directed at another poster