immigrate
verb
im·mi·grate
ˈi-mə-ˌgrāt 
immigrated; immigrating
: to enter and usually become established
especially
: to come into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence
: to bring in or send as immigrants
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In an interview last month, Marie Mendoza, executive director of Fort Worth ISD’s emergent bilingual department, said newcomers — English learners who have recently immigrated to the United States — make up a small but growing share of the district’s emergent bilingual population.
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2024
Sometimes students said things that shocked Winslow and her teaching assistant Maria Horn, 55, a brand-new hire with a passion for education who had immigrated to the United States from Ecuador nearly three decades earlier.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
Medrano, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, immigrated from Mexico in 2005 and has been married to a U.S. citizen since 2016.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 June 2024
Gerard’s parents, who immigrated from Ghana before Gerard and his two younger siblings were born, launched a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for his funeral expenses.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2024
Sometimes students said things that shocked Winslow and her teaching assistant Maria Horn, 55, a brand-new hire with a passion for education who had immigrated to the United States from Ecuador nearly three decades earlier.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
Medrano, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, immigrated from Mexico in 2005 and has been married to a U.S. citizen since 2016.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 June 2024
Gerard’s parents, who immigrated from Ghana before Gerard and his two younger siblings were born, launched a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for his funeral expenses.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
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immigrate
verb
im·mi·grate
ˈim-ə-ˌgrāt
immigrated; immigrating
: to come into a foreign country to live
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