Palestinian American
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Palestinian Americans are Americans of Palestinian Arab ancestry. It is difficult to say when the first Palestinian immigrants arrived at the United States, however, many of the first immigrants to arrive were Christians fleeing Ottoman Palestine in the late 1800s, while others came as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the Six Day War and some came from Latin America in search of jobs and a better life in cities like New York and Detroit alongside other Arab communities such as the Lebanese and Yemenis.
According to the US Census Bureau's 2000 count, there were 72,112 Palestinian-Americans living in the United States, however, The Arab American Institute Foundation estimates the figure at 252,000 while the Palestinian American Council puts it at 179,000 (1999).
Palestinians with American, British, and other Western Passports still suffer from Israeli suspicion on the grounds of security. They are sometimes turned away from Israeli border checkpoints because of the fact that they were born in Palestine or have family living there[1][2].
