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immigrant

[im-i-gruhnt] / ˈɪm ɪ grənt /


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Immigrant banks such as Jarmulowsky’s, the author writes, “were fundamentally American businesses, interested in reaping profits within the capitalist system by filling a gaping hole: serving the foreign-born.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Similar detentions have occurred outside courthouses in San Bernardino and Riverside in recent months, said Lizbeth Abeln, executive director of the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“It was a recipe for failure from the beginning,” said Crystal Sandoval, a legal representative for El Paso’s Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, who visited the camp weekly until a recent measles outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

“It’s definitely special treatment. That’s not normally the way it goes,” said Lena Graber, a senior staff attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Immigrant girls, the girls who worked in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, were the hungriest of all.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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