as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
we traced our family history back to migrants who came to this country seeking a better life for themselves
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as in migratory
having a way of life that involves moving from one region to another typically on a seasonal basis
migrant laborers picking fruit in an orchard
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Recent Examples of migrant
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
But the details of how Trump will block migrants attempting to cross remain unclear.
—Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
The Mexican president emphasized that migrants are essential to the economy, and reaffirmed her support to Mexican nationals through the 53 consulates throughout the United States.
—Fernanda González, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
Thousands of migrants began to arrive in New York City in the summer of 2022 after being bused north from the Texas border.
—Rosa Flores, CNN, 21 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
But the details of how Trump will block migrants attempting to cross remain unclear.
—Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
The Mexican president emphasized that migrants are essential to the economy, and reaffirmed her support to Mexican nationals through the 53 consulates throughout the United States.
—Fernanda González, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
Thousands of migrants began to arrive in New York City in the summer of 2022 after being bused north from the Texas border.
—Rosa Flores, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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The governor’s office has declined for weeks to provide specifics to the Herald/Times about his immigration plans, including how the governor wants to assist with the detention of undocumented immigrants.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Biden Administration’s recent actions include extending protection from deportation for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, and blocking oil and gas drilling across more than six hundred million acres of federal waters.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
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Yet the virus continues to spread, often through wild migratory birds.—
Laurent Belsie,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Jan. 2025
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Visitors will stroll under old-growth live oaks and tall cabbage palms, and among knobby cypress trees, with ample opportunity to spot migratory birds and even gators. floridahikes.com; 411 S Tremain St, Mt Dora, FL 32757 Tour Lake Dora By Water Ready to venture beyond the shoreline?—
Susan Hall Mahon,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
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More than 10,400 refugees around the globe who had been approved for travel to the United States suddenly found their entry denied, their airplane tickets worthless.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
23 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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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
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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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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrant. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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