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Introduction
A unique immigrant group has been emerging in the
metropolitan Detroit area called the Chaldeans. Today's
Chaldeans are a Catholic minority group originating primarily
from Iraq. The Chaldeans have come to America for the same
reasons as other immigrant groups - in search of better
economic, religious, and political freedom and opportunity.
Currently, there are 75,000 Chaldeans in the United States,
with over 60,000 in the Detroit area, approximately 15,000 in
California, and a number of families in other areas of the
United States, such as Washington D.C., Illinois, Arizona,
and Tennessee.
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