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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
Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
The crackdown was part of President Donald Trump’s central campaign promise of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2025
His current employer, GEO Group, runs 50 detention facilities around the country, including three in Florida, and is positioned to benefit enormously from President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy of deporting millions of immigrants.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
Trump took office last week, immediately signing executive orders and directing federal agencies to begin following up on his campaign promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Trump has vowed to deport scores of immigrants back to Latin American nations, carry out cross border attacks on Mexican drug cartels, increase economic sanctions on leftist governments in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, and seize control of the Panama Canal.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
The crackdown was part of President Donald Trump’s central campaign promise of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2025
His current employer, GEO Group, runs 50 detention facilities around the country, including three in Florida, and is positioned to benefit enormously from President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy of deporting millions of immigrants.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
Trump took office last week, immediately signing executive orders and directing federal agencies to begin following up on his campaign promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
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Meanwhile, other enforcement actions such as deportations of migrants are already underway.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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This time his executive orders rely on a provision of Immigration and Nationality Act that allows for the suspension of the entry of migrants after declaring an invasion on the U.S. southern border.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2025
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The painter’s friendship with American expatriate artist and bookbinder Mary Reynolds, whose books and papers posthumously ended up at the Art Institute, is the museum’s way in.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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In the Anderson Valley, Roederer Estate, arguably the most qualitatively successful of all the expatriate houses, has been run for many years by Frenchman Arnaud Weyrich, who couldn’t help but notice the success of Cruse and others.—
Patrick Comiskey,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known as Mormons, murdered 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah on September 11, 1857.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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For one thing, emigrants from developing countries remit around $440 billion annually to relatives at home, a transfer that is three times the size of total official development aid worldwide.—
Sebastian Mallaby,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Sep. 2015
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Dimon in his remarks said tariffs are ultimatums meant to bring foreign leaders to the table to settle trade disputes.—
Stuart Dyos,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2025
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Jake and Josh both work full-time at Carrick Bros., and the company has eight other seasonal workers, including three from Guatemala who are in Canada through a temporary foreign workers program.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Sheridan reportedly has a long-running desire to adapt the book that tells the story of the battles between the Comanche tribe and white settlers in America's West.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Due to a lack of hedgehogs, the settlers began using another hibernating mammal: The groundhog.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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School districts may not classify undocumented or immigrant students on the basis of their status or keep a list of students with and without alien registration numbers.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have captured a criminal alien murderer weeks after Massachusetts authorities granted him parole for the 2006 murder of his pregnant girlfriend, state prison officials told local media.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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The change stands to impact many more Afghan refugees who may lack the documentation needed to stay in Pakistan.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank, a sprawling area of narrow alleys that has long been a bastion of militant factions, is front and center of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) latest campaign.—
Tim Lister and Eugenia Yosef,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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