immigrating

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Savani, a dentist with no background in trade policy, craved the sweet fruit of his childhood after immigrating to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

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

In 1941, they were released and headed to Cuba, where they lived for two years before immigrating to New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Rothman’s family fled Romanian pogroms against Jewish people at the turn of the 20th century, immigrating to Philadelphia, according to Magda Peck, a cousin of Rothman’s mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

We are a family—not perfect, not all the same, some rich, some poor, all kinds of religions and skin colors, some born in America and some immigrating here.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes