immigrant
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The Department of Justice argued that immigrant kids could still sue over poor conditions if the Flores settlement is unwound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But the fact is that he’s an immigrant — an immigrant who has legal status in the county but an immigrant regardless.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The injured civilian was an immigrant who had a hearing in the building, according to Barnacle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
I write about my Papi as the puckish personification of immigrant America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He might have studied the saxophone had he not been born to immigrant parents who considered even pot holders an extravagance.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Zacatecas has traditionally been a major source of immigrants to the United States, especially to California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Following criticism last June, the Dodgers barred federal immigration agents from the team's massive stadium parking lot and committed $1 million to help families of immigrants "impacted by recent events in the region."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants, she grew up on Long Island loving math, and always anticipated a career in academia or as a scientist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
At the time, Starmer argued that mandatory digital ID for workers would make it easier to clamp down on immigrants working illegally and modernise the state.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Later they swapped the apples for wood, and the Irish immigrants who played called the disk a poc—the word for punch or strike a blow.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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