immigrants

Example Sentences

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A group of immigrants at a detention facility in Southern California launched a hunger strike this week to protest inhumane conditions, according to a coalition of immigrant rights groups.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

During the Thursday press conference, officials called the incident a tragedy and urged undocumented immigrants not to take such risks with their lives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Fox also had his own spreadsheet, built around a Control-F search for terms like tribal, immigrants, diversity, inclusion, Indigenous, Native, equity, equality, marginalized, BIPOC, solidarity, citizenship, melting pot, social justice, and gay.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Six construction workers on the bridge, all Latin American immigrants, fell to their deaths.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Joy tells me that Emma Lazarus came from a Jewish family, and that her ancestors were immigrants from many places, and they too lost countries more than once, like in my family.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar