immigrate
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Back in Maine, Abdi said his brother Hassan, who couldn't immigrate to the US because of visa restrictions, instead recently became a citizen of Canada.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The SVP has brushed aside such concerns, pointing out that its proposal includes quotas allowing for around 40,000 people to immigrate to the country each year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
All of the Afghans airlifted by the U.S. to Camp As Sayliyah underwent initial security screenings and background checks for preapproval to immigrate to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Then, you’ll need to discuss what this will actually cost and what kind of visa you’ll need to immigrate.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
I never felt like the camp was home, but I began to get used to the life there as we waited to see which country might allow us to immigrate.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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A Central or South American who immigrates to the U.S. could see their greenhouse gas emissions double or triple, just by becoming part of the U.S. economy.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Cruz drew critical acclaim with her previous novel “Dominicana,” a finalist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and a coming-of-age story centered around a Dominican teenage bride who immigrates to New York.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2022
Now, the likelihood of a child or teenager who immigrates to the United States “seeing themselves on the page is higher because of my work than it was for me,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
Khalifa, who immigrates to Mombasa, Kenya, promises Ilyas he will care for Afiya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
A person emigrates from the land he leaves, and immigrates to the land where he takes up his abode.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
My own family legally immigrated to the U.S. from Soviet Belarus in the early 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
I was 22, about the age Suvorova’s mother was when they immigrated to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Sharma is the second of five children born to parents who immigrated to Racine, Wis., from New Zealand, to join her aunt, whose husband owned a metal fabrication company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
One academic who immigrated to the United States said junk mail from the retailer helped convince her that she’d really become an American.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
They knew one person in New York: Borgenicht’s sister, Sallie, who had immigrated ten years before.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Yet, in the late 19th century, the number of Catholics immigrating to the U.S. surged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
In 1941, they were released and headed to Cuba, where they lived for two years before immigrating to New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Rothman’s family fled Romanian pogroms against Jewish people at the turn of the 20th century, immigrating to Philadelphia, according to Magda Peck, a cousin of Rothman’s mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Her parents ran a flower shop after immigrating from South Korea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
After immigrating to the United States three years ago, Uncle Amin hadn’t passed the medical board exams needed to practice as a doctor.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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