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immigrant

[im-i-gruhnt] / ˈɪm ɪ grənt /


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Construction, which employs a lot of immigrant workers, added 22,000 jobs last month, with gains concentrated in the specialty-trade contracting work that continues to benefit from the AI build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

In those households, Eimbcke witnessed immigrant parents speaking Spanish to their children who replied to them in English.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

His mother, however, told a local immigrant rights group that she believed he hadn’t received his medication for diabetes, high blood pressure and seizures.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Over the weekend, a Salvadoran immigrant being held at the notorious Delaney Hall detention center in New Jersey died after experiencing a medical emergency, the second death the facility has seen since December.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

She brought immigrant women together with American men and helped them marry.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Immigration attorneys and other advocates quickly convened Thursday to determine how the ruling will affect immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

We skirted Penny Island, where native Pomo people lived and farmed for generations before immigrants from Europe arrived.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Haitian immigrants have been reporting to the ICE office in this Cincinnati suburb since.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

The Dominican Republic’s policies on Haitian immigrants and refugees are significantly tougher than those of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 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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