immigrating

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Citizens of another seven countries were blocked from permanently immigrating to the U.S., or for applying for tourist or student visas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Koreans began immigrating to Los Angeles in the early 1900s as Korea lost independence to Japan, with a formal subjugation in 1910.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

To Jose Arango, immigrating to America at 17, after growing up in “conservative, religious homophobic” Colombia, felt like a liberation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

After immigrating to Australia from the Basque Country, a region that straddles the border between France and Spain, the working-class house painter took roughly 13 years to build the family’s home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Coach Korfanty had had an illustrious fencing career in his native Poland before immigrating to the United States and starting a career in coaching in Portland, Oregon.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad