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migration

[mahy-grey-shuhn] / maɪˈgreɪ ʃən /


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But Chishti, of the Migration Policy Institute, said in reality, “Congress can’t do anything — it was left powerless by the Supreme Court.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026

The Central Mediterranean crossing from north Africa is the deadliest migration route in the world, according to the International Organization for Migration.

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

More than 1,400 people have died or gone missing while attempting to cross the ⁠Mediterranean this year, including 28 children, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

According to the Center for Migration Studies, 86% of farmworkers in the U.S. are foreign born, and 45% are undocumented.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

Word spread from Maryland to the farms of Virginia and the Carolinas, and as part of what would become known as the Great Migration, black families flocked from the South to Turner Station—the Promised Land.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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