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    20 years after invasion, Iraqis still waiting to come to US

    chicagoinquirerBy World No Comments6 Mins Read
    FILE - Abdullah Omar, from Iraq, holds his information packet and an American flag during a naturalization ceremony on Jan. 17, 2020, in Cleveland. Two decades after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, thousands of Iraqis are still trying to emigrate to the United States. An estimated 164,000 Iraqis have already found homes in America since the 2003 invasion. But many are still waiting. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

    by Rebecca Santana
    WASHINGTON  — Ammar Rashed has a stack of letters from U.S. troops attesting to his work during some of the most dangerous days of the Iraq War. But six years after he applied ...

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