immigrants

Example Sentences

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I’m very, very interested in that story, and so we got to research what it’s like being the child of Nigerian immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

But despite a low birth rate the population has grown nearly 30 percent over a decade, driven largely by immigrants.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

The daughter of Korean immigrants, Anna worked in tech, including at Stripe, although not at the same time as Brockman, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

For Monterroso Mejia, becoming Valentina didn’t necessarily entail playing a character, but leaning on her lived experience as the child of immigrants existing in a bilingual place like Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Historian Oscar Handlin wrote, “Once I thought to write a history of the immigrant in America...then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler