immigrant

Example Sentences

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“My mom and my dad are immigrants,” said sophomore Carmen Robles.

From Los Angeles Times

An immigrant from China who arrived at age 7, he worked a minimum-wage job as a grocery-bagger in high school and went to college on a state scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal

A wave of Italian immigrants brought with them a new cuisine.

From Salon

Last Wednesday, TikTok creators, finding none of the mayhem they expected to see in Springfield, started suggesting that faith-based groups working with Haitian immigrants were misdirecting resources.

From Salon

Two federal agents have been put on leave and are under investigation for allegedly lying about a shooting in Minneapolis last month that left a Venezuelan immigrant wounded, a top US immigration official said Friday.

From Barron's