Eli5: Why does the US Government classify Arabs/Middle Easterners as white?

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So according to the US government, Arabs, Persians, Kurdish, etc people are white. Why is this?

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Many of them identify as white and have a skin tone that is very light.

Not to mention many Middle Easterners migrated from Europe Millenia back.

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