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Many Sudanese people immigrated to the United States as refugees from the Sudanese Civil Wars. Most of them are "Lost Boys," a group of about 3,000 boys who were invited to immigrate to America after walking five years in the harsh environment and losing most of their family members.

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In all of Africa, most immigrants move to America to be with family in the US (a pull factor). Other major reasons (in order of highest to lowest percentage) include refugee/asylum (a push factor), diversity vista (could be either for push or pull factors), and for employment (pull factor). For Sudan, the major reason for immigration is as a refugee (push factor).

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Restricted immigration from mainly Asian and African countries.

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"...accepting immigrants of all nationalities on a roughly equal basis. The law eliminated the use of national-origin quotas, under which the overwhelming majority of immigrant visas were set aside for people coming from northern and western Europe." (The Atlantic)

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1980- The Lost Boys of Sudan and Refugee Act of 1980

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1980- The Lost Boys of Sudan and Refugee Act of 1980

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Most immigrants entering the US were from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. This was also a time between Sudan's first civil war (1955-1972) and Sudan's second civil war (1983-2005). This is when the Lost Boys' story began, thousands of boys fled the war and death, walking thousands of miles until they reached the border of Kenya five years later, where they met Americans in a Kenyan refugee camp.

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1990- Immigration Act/ Diversity Visa Program

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1990- Immigration Act/ Diversity Visa Program

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This act was to increase the amount of immigrants from underrepresented countries in America, which helped a lot of Africans get visas.

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2000/2001- Lost Boys cont. and Abraham Yel Nhial

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2000/2001- Lost Boys cont. and Abraham Yel Nhial

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3,000 of the Lost Boys got to go to America when the States Department decided they could in 2000 (the largest number of Sudanese immigrants to arrive in America). Abraham Yel Nhial was one refugee who was relocated to Atlanta. He became a citizen, got a degree in biblical studies, speaks at universities to spread his story, and splits his time between his life in America and his family in Sudan.

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The terrorist attack of 9/11/01 stopped flights of more lost boys to America.

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Decolonization refers to how after WWII, European nations decolonized most of their colonies (in Africa for example), usually because of uprisings and the fact that European nations did not have enough resources to enforce rule on their colonies after WWII.