How to Use immigrant in a Sentence
immigrant
noun
- The city has a large immigrant population.
- Millions of immigrants came to America from Europe in the 19th century.
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Apple is bringing the tales of immigrants to the screen.
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Ruth Kinane,
EW.com,
19 Dec. 2019
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What was life like for him as a young immigrant with two children?
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New York Times,
3 Feb. 2021
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More than half of the seventh- and eighth-graders in the club are refugees, and almost all are immigrants.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos,
chicagotribune.com,
4 May 2018
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And a lot of immigrants are going to see themselves in this story.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2023
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Ghosh is an immigrant from India and the daughter of refugees.
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Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2023
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The crowd laughs and cheers as speakers rail against immigrants, politicians and the media.
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The Economist,
18 July 2019
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My job: defending the rights of immigrants and refugees.
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Health.com,
26 June 2018
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Health care already relies on immigrants to fill the ranks.
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Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Ana B. Ibarra,
Kaiser Health News,
18 Sep. 2017
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Italy has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, and few countries are in greater need of immigrants.
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The Economist,
20 July 2017
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The owner is an immigrant who opens early and closes late.
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Andrew Stuttaford,
National Review,
29 Oct. 2020
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Like about a third of nursing aides, Salma is an immigrant.
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Tara Sklar,
The Conversation,
23 Nov. 2020
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My great grandfather was an immigrant who worked in the sewers.
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Concetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2022
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Even immigrants who do not commit a crime can face problems.
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Ting-Chia Kan,
chicagotribune.com,
7 Aug. 2019
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In the Bay Area, turning our backs on immigrants hurts us all.
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Peter Leroe-Munoz,
The Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2019
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Good jobs and affordable housing drew immigrants from around the world.
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Jason Grotto,
ProPublica,
8 Aug. 2019
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But part of that perspective is being the daughter of immigrants.
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Ray Boyd,
Philly.com,
15 Feb. 2018
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This approach is new to the country, and also new to me—the daughter of a Guatemalan immigrant.
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Eva Sandoval,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Aug. 2021
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To the sisters, the treatment of immigrants is a moral issue, not specific to any faith.
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Marie Fazio,
chicagotribune.com,
27 July 2019
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Carnegie was a Scottish immigrant who’d risen from humble origins to one of the richest men in the world.
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Vince Guerrieri,
Popular Mechanics,
3 Mar. 2020
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My mother, an immigrant, made the art of voting a central pride in her life and taught me to value this right.
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Marie Claire,
16 Oct. 2018
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Rihanna should keep in mind that she was welcomed to this nation as an immigrant.
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Shacamree Gowdy,
Houston Chronicle,
17 Aug. 2020
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Mullen tells me that fellow students call him racist and accuse him of hating immigrants.
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Cam Wolf,
GQ,
22 Aug. 2017
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Some cited that Weiss herself is the daughter of immigrants.
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Mari Uyehara,
GQ,
19 Feb. 2018
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Of course, immigrants came here and realized that certainly wasn’t the case.
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Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2017
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The notice comes amid a scramble by federal agencies to find space for immigrants.
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CBS News,
22 June 2018
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An immigrant who carefully hoarded his wages could strike out on his own within a few years.
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Miriam Davis,
Smithsonian,
15 Feb. 2018
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To be an immigrant and raise a family and not give up on your family is a superhero feat.
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Jen Yamato,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2022
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Twitter users were quick to point out that Nagasu is not an immigrant.
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Danielle Tcholakian,
Longreads,
17 Feb. 2018
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