immigrant
Example Sentences
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By 2019, more than half of Iranian immigrants to the U.S. lived in California, with 29% — nearly 140,000 people — living in Los Angeles County alone, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
From Los Angeles Times
The court heard that Pereira made allegations of Home Office "corruption", claimed illegal immigrants were employed by the government department and those in the system were living in "squalor".
From BBC
These actions have threatened to destabilize a school system with large numbers of immigrant families.
From Los Angeles Times
Outside, Patrick Martinez welcomes guests with neon quotes supporting immigrant rights.
From Los Angeles Times
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
