immigrant

Example Sentences

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We left out the parts that didn’t fit the immigrant narrative: that we missed Iran; that the Muslims we knew weren’t militant.

From The Wall Street Journal

Entrepreneurs, immigrants, and entertainers had turned the rural village of Rochester into America’s first boomtown city.

From Literature

Once a classic American success story—he came from a family of striving Italian immigrants who ran Perry’s Grill on North Street in Endicott, N.Y.—Luciano’s life ended in Endicott, the birthplace of IBM.

From The Wall Street Journal

Born in Brooklyn to Korean immigrant parents, Silverstein originally anticipated a career in academia or international development.

From The Wall Street Journal

And since the ICE crackdown began last summer, it has become a safe haven for the city’s immigrant population and the go-to headquarters for the resistance.

From Los Angeles Times