In numbers, the Arabs are more likely to become citizens and residents of America

Mohammed Benkasem

According to US Citizenship and Immigration Administration statistics, Iraqis, Egyptians, Somalis, Jordanians and Moroccans are respectively the most Arab citizens of US citizenship in 2018, while Syrians, Iraqis, Egyptians, Somalis and Jordanians were the most active Arabs in America in the same year.

Permanent residents are divided into two categories: the first settled their status, and the second new arrivals.

Among the 544,475 people from all over the world who obtained American citizenship last year, the share of Iraqis was 8047. The Egyptians came in 4459, the Somalis 3096, the Jordanians 2332 and the Moroccans fifth in 1818.

The following are the statistics of the remaining Arab nationalities that obtained US citizenship:

Syria
Lebanon
Yemen
Sudan
- Algeria 637
Tunisia
- Mauritania 185
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Djibouti
Bahrain
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Sultanate of Oman

Globally, Mexicans make the most nationalized list of American citizenship at 95,107, followed by Indians at 34431, Chinese at 28,547, then Filipinos at 27,893, and Cubans at 22,341.

Permanent residence
The list of Arab nationalities that received permanent residence in the United States last year was 10931, of which 10179 were settled and 752 were new. The Iraqis came second with 10576, of whom 9097 were settled and 1479 new, then the Egyptians in 1996.9 2337 of whom were settled, There are 4,462 new applications.

In the fourth place, the Somalis settled in 5705, of which 5,148 were settled and 557 new applications. In fifth place, the Jordanians came in 3,916, of whom 2025 were settled and 1891 new.

The remaining Arab nationalities are as follows:

- Sudan: 2752, including 1358 settlement status and 1394 new arrivals
- Morocco: 2223, including 720 settlement status and 1503 new
- Lebanon: 1895, including 703 settlement status and 1192 new arrivals
- Yemen: 1545, including 329 settlement status and 1216 new arrivals
- Algeria: 1466, including 247 settlement status and 1219 new arrivals
- Saudi Arabia: 1454, including 778 settlement status and 676 new arrivals
- UAE: 968, including 527 settlement status and 441 new arrivals
- Kuwait: 762, including 416 settlement status and 346 new arrivals
- Libya: 393, including 258 status settlements and 135 new arrivals
- Tunisia: 379, including 210 status settlements and 169 new arrivals
- Djibouti: 198, including 154 and 44 new arrivals
- Mauritania: 161, including 105 status settlements and 56 new arrivals
- Qatar: 147, including 60 status settlements and 87 new arrivals
- Bahrain: 109, including 62 status settlements and 47 new arrivals
- Sultanate of Oman: 86, including 53 status settlements and 33 new arrivals

Globally, the following nationalities topped the list of the most permanent people in the United States for permanent residence in the United States:

- Mexico: 120936
Cuba: 59716
- China: 52846
- India: 47468
- Philippines: 35848.