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one that leaves one place to settle in another
America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since
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Recent Examples of immigrant
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 May 2025
The administration is relying on third countries The Trump administration has increasingly relied on third countries to take immigrants who cannot be sent to their home countries for various reasons.
—Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The story goes like this: The Seelbach is a hotel in Louisville, opened in 1905 by Bavarian immigrant brothers Otto and Louis Seelbach, who had a mind to build a grand, European-style hotel in the heart of Kentucky.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 24 May 2025
Over 100 Florida Highway Patrol officers were also recently sworn in as Special Deputy U.S. Marshalls, authorizing them to arrest undocumented immigrants.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
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The same state Supreme Court suspended Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan back in April after federal officials accused the judge of allegedly helping an immigrant avoid arrest by federal immigration authorities.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 May 2025
The administration is relying on third countries The Trump administration has increasingly relied on third countries to take immigrants who cannot be sent to their home countries for various reasons.
—Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The story goes like this: The Seelbach is a hotel in Louisville, opened in 1905 by Bavarian immigrant brothers Otto and Louis Seelbach, who had a mind to build a grand, European-style hotel in the heart of Kentucky.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 24 May 2025
Over 100 Florida Highway Patrol officers were also recently sworn in as Special Deputy U.S. Marshalls, authorizing them to arrest undocumented immigrants.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
Noun
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McIver's prosecution follows last month's arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who is accused of helping a migrant evade arrest by ICE agents.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The migrants are from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba and South Sudan.—
Jasmine Garsd,
NPR,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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As neo-colonial dynamics among the expatriate community unravel, this fragile bond becomes his only refuge from an impending collapse into solitude or barbarism.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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The recent release of the IPU serves as a warning that IRS audits of expatriate tax returns claiming CTC and ACTC are likely to increase.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, there were some 143,000 Ivorian emigrants living in France in 2020.—
Christopher Clark,
The Dial,
13 May 2025
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The tradition came from the legacy of a Dane emigrant named Max Henius, who corralled his friends to buy land and gift it to the crown in order to fete the links between his original and adopted countries.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Visibly, at least, the British government has been unwilling to exert meaningful pressure on the Egyptian authorities, despite the U.K. being Egypt’s third-largest foreign investor and a major supplier of military training and equipment.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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The Israeli foreign ministry identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
Noun
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This year’s Flag March again coincided with the war in Gaza, now in its 20th month, and escalating Israeli military operations against Palestinian militants in the West Bank, where settler attacks targeting Palestinian residents have been on the rise.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
27 May 2025
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Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and Daniel Brühl are among the stars gone enjoyably unhinged for this true story of melodramatic conflict among the European settlers of a Galápagos island.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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There was something unmistakably alien about Baker's performance, frequently coupled with his Doctor's unbridled joy at the wonders of the universe.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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Of course, the sister’s lives face greater disruption when the alien Stitch enters their lives disguised as a dog, sabotaging Nani’s desperate attempts to get her life in order.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
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This story has been updated to reflect the shooting incident occurred near the Jenin refugee camp, not within the camp.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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Earlier this month, Trump offered refugee status to 59 white South Africans who Trump claimed were being targeted for violence.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
22 May 2025
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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