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migrant

[mahy-gruhnt] / ˈmaɪ grənt /


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Her story covers the breadth of her life, dwelling especially on her youth in the 1930s among migrant fruit pickers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Chris Williams, fisheries section co-ordinator at the International Transport Workers Federation, said there was a "structural, systemic problem" in migrant worker recruitment in the fishing industry.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

While rural regions appreciate having to pay less for social services for departed migrant workers, urban governments resist having to pay more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Another young migrant, 18-year-old Matar Top, who has braided hair, arrived from Senegal three years ago with similar hopes of sending money home.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

From that day on, for the next ten years, while we traveled from place to place throughout California, following the crops and living in migrant labor camps, I feared being caught by the Border Patrol.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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