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Along with some members of the other Baltic groups, some #Lithuanians blamed the Democrats for the "betrayal" of #Lithuanian independence in the Yalta agreement of 1945, which extended Soviet territories to the West.

One difficult issue related to assimilation is whether or not to become a naturalized U.S. citizen. Only a minority of #Ecuadoran Americans do so

Along with the traditional Catholic and #American holidays, there are several festival days of special significance to the #Lithuanian #American community

New York has always been a city of newcomers, and in recent decades the city's growth has been largely dependent on immigrants

Along with other migrant workers, the #Guatemalan #Americans in Florida harvest sugar, oranges, cucumbers, and other crops during the winter growing season

on the wedding day, a #Chinese American bride might wear a Western wedding gown for the wedding ceremony and then change into a traditional #Chinese wedding gown, called gua, for the tea ceremony and banquet

One estimate from about 1940 puts the number of #Lithuanian American Jews at around 25,000. During the assimilation process, these communities became affiliated with the larger #Jewish communities throughout the United States

Like all immigrants, #Afghan #Americans are affected by the conditions of the land they fled. #Afghan children are at greatest risk for health issues

one aspect of the #Sioux religion is nearly universal among North America's #Indians—the sanctity of land and the reverence for particular sacred lands.

The subpopulation of single-race non-Hispanic Black Americans has a median age of 35.4 years of age, with 26% of this subpopulation being below the age of 20, and 14% being age 65+

One advantage for #Liberian Americans is that many #Liberian customs, as well as social and economic traditions, originally came from the United States with the first wave of freed African American slaves in the early and mid-nineteenth century

Among #Afghan #Americans who have been in the US for a longer period of time there are fewer health and mental health problems and more satisfaction. Increased financial and career stability provides optimism

One early issue that roused #Syrian Americans, as it did all #Arab Americans, was the 1914 Dow case in Georgia, which established that #Syrians were Caucasians and thus could not be refused naturalization on the grounds of race.