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Back in Maine, Abdi said his brother Hassan, who couldn't immigrate to the US because of visa restrictions, instead recently became a citizen of Canada.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

But lawyers told Barron’s that most of their wealthy foreign clients who want to immigrate aren’t applying for the Gold Card—they’re pursuing other options.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

“I couldn’t have sold that 1st taco if my parents didn’t make the difficult decision to leave their homeland for a better life & immigrate to the U.S.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

The pause takes effect starting Jan. 21, and will halt visa issuance to people looking to immigrate permanently, typically through marriage, family ties or work sponsorship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

You emigrate from one country and immigrate to another.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

A Central or South American who immigrates to the U.S. could see their greenhouse gas emissions double or triple, just by becoming part of the U.S. economy.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

Her 2013 debut novel, “We Need New Names,” was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for its indelible tale of a Zimbabwean girl who immigrates to the United States.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2022

Her history is a hard one — she immigrates to New York from rural China penniless and pregnant, then works her way up to a job at an exploitative nail salon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017

She survives, thanks to the unsettling help of a zealous U.S. missionary, and immigrates to Hawaii.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2016

Imm′igrant, one who immigrates; Immigrā′tion, act of immigrating.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Omar’s family fled civil war in Somalia and immigrated to the U.S. in 1995 when she was 12.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mejia said she and her father immigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador in 1985, before TPS existed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Orélien, who immigrated to Montreal after the Haiti earthquake in 2010, said in his statement that his style draws from Haiti and the Caribbean “where poetry, images, repetition and rhythm carry a living message.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

More fled with the advent of Soviet communism, while others fortunate enough to escape Germany’s Nazi death machine also immigrated here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

She and my father joined the Narewka Benevolent Club, which had been founded by Jews who had immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Al Lenza’s parents traveled overseas three times after immigrating to the U.S. in 1961.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Large numbers of deportations are one factor, he said, but besides that, some will decide against immigrating to the U.S., while others already in the country will choose to leave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

In 1941, they were released and headed to Cuba, where they lived for two years before immigrating to New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

Rothman’s family fled Romanian pogroms against Jewish people at the turn of the 20th century, immigrating to Philadelphia, according to Magda Peck, a cousin of Rothman’s mother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

My first poem was titled “The American Dream,” a tale of a woman immigrating to this country—“the land of unlimited opportunity”—and barely being able to feed her family.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers