 There are also important organizations created mainly by Algerian (and Moroccan) Americans in Chicago, whose function is to help newly arrived immigrants to the United States; these groups arose in the 1990s.These organizations emphasize the Assembly of the Maghreb which assists new immigrants from North Africa with adapting to American life and maintaining their culture and religion.Because most North African immigrants in Chicago have not been associated closely with the Muslim Middle East, they tend to come together as a distinct community whose organization has taught job skills and the English language among other things.