immigrant
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“The looting drew attention to a segment of the population—specifically young people from certain neighborhoods, some of whom are from immigrant backgrounds,” said Zulfikarpasic, the pollster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
But such policies would be anathema to Frenchmen young and old, immigrant and indigenous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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
He doesn’t really want his audience to leave a show with any kind of particular thoughts of his immigrant experience, or his navigation of the corporate world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Here she wouldn't be Dimple Shah, wayward, Americanized daughter of immigrant parents; she’d be just Dimple Shah, future web developer.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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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
My family came here not only as Cuban immigrants, but as Black immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Soviet Jewish immigrants arrived in large numbers during the 1990s, while affordable housing later attracted growing numbers of ultra-Orthodox families.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 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
Many had the familiar look of newly arrived immigrants.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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