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immigrant

noun as in person who migrates to a different country

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In 1988, the criteria was expanded to include mothers who were in racial or ethnic groups at high risk of contracting the disease, such as Southeast Asian immigrants and Alaskan natives.

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One cannot even begin to understand from the identity model, for example, why, despite injustices, immigrants have long sought entry to the United States.

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She was joined by a friend from high school, Helen Lodowsky, who said she is a legal immigrant from Colombia.

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Six U.S. residents are among the nine winners in this year’s three Nobel science categories, and three of those six are immigrants.

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While Stanford became wealthy and famous, most work was done by tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants who comprised 90% of the workforce building the Western portion.

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