immigrant

Example Sentences

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“Growing up as a child of immigrants, I was kind of self-conscious about displaying too much of my culture,” she says between bites of spiral fried potato.

From Los Angeles Times

It provided for the naturalization of immigrants who wished to become citizens and passport control services at ports of entry.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trickler-McNulty, the former senior ICE official, said that instance was the first immigrant death linked to a homicide involving ICE staff that she could recall in at least 15 years.

From Salon

Ferrer, who has been living in exile in Miami since last October, welcomes any negotiations between the Cuban government and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio -- himself a descendant of Cuban immigrants.

From Barron's

The U.S. is home to nearly 48 million immigrants, representing about 14% of the total population.

From MarketWatch