migrant

noun

mi·grant ˈmī-grənt

plural migrants

Synonyms of migrant next

: someone or something that migrates: such as

: a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops

farms employing migrants during the growing season

: immigrant sense a

especially : refugee

… administration officials announced they would work to swiftly screen migrants seeking asylum at the border … and penalize people who cross illegally into the U.S. or illegally through another country on their way to the U.S. border. —

Colleen Long

: an animal (such as a gray whale, monarch butterfly, leatherback sea turtle, or Canada goose) that moves usually long distances from one habitat or geographic region to another

migrant adjective

migrant labor

migrant birds

Examples of migrant in a Sentence

migrants in search of work on farms Not all birds are migrants.

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The long wait has led thousands of migrants to cross from areas between ports of entry and turn themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol. —

Kristen Taketa, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024 ProPublica’s story that included a recording of a 6-year-old Salvadoran girl wailing for her mother prompted an immediate end to the first Trump administration’s policy of deterring migrants by separating families. —

Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024 Trump promises mass deportations of undocumented migrants that Harris opposes. —

Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024 But perhaps the biggest impact of Proposition 314 would be to grant the authority to local and state law enforcement to arrest and detain migrants, and for state judges to issue deportation orders. —

Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for migrant