How to Use immigrate in a Sentence

immigrate

verb
Definition of immigratenext
Synonyms for immigratenext
  • One of the best work visas for managers and executives who want to immigrate to the United States is the L-1 visa.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The Atalele family has been in Gondar for the past 16 years, waiting to immigrate to Israel.
    — Eliana Rudee, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2022
  • His father immigrated to the United States from the Philippines in his late teens.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2023
  • By the time Ramazan, the youngest of the Turgut brothers, immigrated to New York in 2006, business was robust, as the bar scene had exploded in the area.
    — Kaya Laterman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Her parents had immigrated from Eastern Europe in the 1920s and met in New York.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Each had been to the United States-Mexico border with the hope of immigrating to this country.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The Pangs, who immigrated to the United States in 1988, wanted their son and daughter to know Chinese culture.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Her mother, who immigrated to the United States from Lebanon, poked her head out of her bedroom and asked about dinner.
    — Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • She was born and raised in Racine by her two parents who immigrated from Mexico City.
    — Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2023
  • Gómez-Tom, 34, was born and raised in Racine by her two parents, who immigrated from Mexico City.
    — Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The Phan sisters were in grade school when their family immigrated to Texas from Vietnam in 1994.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • Michel’s father, who had immigrated from Hungary in the early 1920s, was a tailor for the great French fashion houses, and his wife worked with him.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • My mom and dad both immigrated to the United States from Zacatecas, Mexico, in the 1980s.
    — Jenn Torres, refinery29.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Grandma immigrated to the United States in 1915 from a small village in Sicily.
    — Mary Ann Ferrara, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
  • She was born in New York City, to which her parents had recently immigrated.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
  • German settlers that immigrated to the U.S. in the 1700s brought a new Easter tradition.
    — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Soon after settling in Milwaukee, Tanya was able to help the rest of her family immigrate.
    — Joan Elovitz Kazan, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But are a people who immigrated from other areas of Brazil into the Amazon and developed their own kind of style of life.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Robert’s parents immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico more than 50 years ago, before he was born.
    — Anna Braz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Nooyi immigrated from India with only $450 in cash and one suitcase.
    — Time, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Many Ukrainians have tried without success to immigrate through regular channels to the United States for years.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Her parents immigrated to Willits from Italy in the early 1900s, family said.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
  • She is forced to immigrate to Japan after becoming pregnant out of wedlock.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 June 2022
  • Borgstrom, who immigrated to the United States from Brazil, did not know a lawsuit had been filed in her name until she was contacted for this article.
    — Eli Tan, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The Jewish Agency, a nonprofit with government ties that is older than the country itself, helps Jews around the world who want to immigrate to Israel.
    — Shaul Kelner, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2022
  • By the ‘90s, a lot of my family on both my mom’s and dad’s sides had immigrated, so there was a family party almost every weekend.
    — Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Hayat immigrated to the U.S. with her family at age 4 and grew up in Eastern Washington.
    — Talia Buford, ProPublica, 5 May 2023
  • Her parents immigrated to the U.S. as kids; her father from Chihuahua and her mother from Zacatecas.
    — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Both women immigrated from India to the United States in their 20s, with the ambition of becoming entrepreneurs.
    — Teri Agins, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • His grandparents each later escaped and survived the Holocaust, immigrating to New York in 1950.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023

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