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immigrant

[im-i-gruhnt] / ˈɪm ɪ grənt /


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“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

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

Another protester, a 32-year-old Kosovar immigrant who gave his name as Kobe, said his own experience of war made him want to "stand up today and not let history repeat" itself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Debs was born in 1855 in Terre Haute, Ind., to French immigrant parents who read to him from Victor Hugo and cherished the ideals of the French Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Dressed in a Balkan costume of vest, ballooning trousers, and high leather boots, the immigrant carries his possessions bundled on a stick.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

A Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico draws inspiration from Jesus's commandment to love one's neighbor, arguing that faith demands compassion for the poor, immigrants and marginalized communities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

“He spent years studying, working and contributing to an American technological sector that leads the world, a sector built in large part by immigrants like him.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

Then it got so bad, a lot of Portuguese immigrants packed up and left.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles


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