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immigrant

[im-i-gruhnt] / ˈɪm ɪ grənt /


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But such policies would be anathema to Frenchmen young and old, immigrant and indigenous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Like any group of people, the Somali immigrant community contains good and bad people in it, but on the whole, their very existence is a testament to human tenacity.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Another protester, a 32-year-old Kosovar immigrant who gave his name as Kobe, said his own experience of war made him want to "stand up today and not let history repeat" itself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Debs was born in 1855 in Terre Haute, Ind., to French immigrant parents who read to him from Victor Hugo and cherished the ideals of the French Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In the contest he was pitted against Hans Matthai, a German immigrant to Canada.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

A Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico draws inspiration from Jesus's commandment to love one's neighbor, arguing that faith demands compassion for the poor, immigrants and marginalized communities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Part of the American dream is being able to move beyond working that 60-hour week that so many recent immigrants have to put in to survive.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

An average of 1,686 immigrants were detained at the center daily as of July, according to TRAC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

The son of Greek immigrants who settled in Bristol, Conn., “Kosta,” as he is known, became a lawyer and was elected in 1992 as a Democrat to represent Bristol in the statehouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Historian Oscar Handlin wrote, “Once I thought to write a history of the immigrant in America...then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler


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