immigrant
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Ethnically and culturally, French young people are more likely to have Islamic or immigrant backgrounds than older people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Talking with large shell contractors, large builders, I don’t think they fully anticipated or estimated the amount of immigrant labor that are on our job sites every day,” said Brannock, the Jacksonville builder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I have made it clear that I would seek a chief who can keep Angelenos safe and restore trust with our immigrant communities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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
Our setup was typical of most immigrant families: the mom and dad tried to make ends meet, while the kids took care of each other.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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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
To then dive headfirst into music was not an easy journey for the soft-spoken daughter of Italian immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
An AFP journalist saw hundreds of protesters stretching several blocks in Manhattan on Friday chanting "No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here" and "No ICE."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
It is one of the poorest areas of France, home to a large population of recent immigrants from the developing world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Cora figured that a new wave of immigrants would replace the Irish, fleeing a different but no less abject country, the process starting anew.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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