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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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CBS News, 7 June 2025
The accompanying fact sheet expressed concerns that digital identity mandates could be exploited to extend entitlements improperly, particularly to unauthorized immigrants.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
The most notable part was the unusual number of Trump Administration officials who gave keynote speeches, almost all touting the idea that mass deportation would only be achievable if the D.H.S. could make its enforcement machine more efficient and less concerned with immigrants’ rights.
—Jessica Pishko, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
According to Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation, a Kansas City area immigrants rights group, 80 immigrants rounded up by federal authorities are already being held in FCI Leavenworth, a separate federal prison in the city.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025
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Advocates for immigrants' rights said there were also migration detentions outside Home Depot and Dale's Donuts stores.
—CBS News, 7 June 2025
The accompanying fact sheet expressed concerns that digital identity mandates could be exploited to extend entitlements improperly, particularly to unauthorized immigrants.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
The most notable part was the unusual number of Trump Administration officials who gave keynote speeches, almost all touting the idea that mass deportation would only be achievable if the D.H.S. could make its enforcement machine more efficient and less concerned with immigrants’ rights.
—Jessica Pishko, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
According to Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation, a Kansas City area immigrants rights group, 80 immigrants rounded up by federal authorities are already being held in FCI Leavenworth, a separate federal prison in the city.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
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The immigration cases of some of the Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act in March have been dismissed, their attorneys said, raising concern from advocates and lawyers who say the move is a violation of due process.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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However, at the time of her post, investigators were already looking into the possibility that the migrant had been set up by Demetric Scott, who was awaiting trial in a robbery and assault case in which the migrant was the victim.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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In the spirit of never allowing a good crisis to go to waste, a papal tax controversy might suit the U.S. expatriate population just fine.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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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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But at the time, the Israeli government was also considering the expulsion of terrorists from Gaza and trying to persuade Egypt and other countries to take in voluntary emigrants from Gaza.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 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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Newsweek has contacted the Chinese defense and foreign ministries for comment by email.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Late 19th century newspapers depicted the spirit as a foreign, exotic drink, associated primarily with Russian immigrants who brought their drinking traditions with them.—
Time,
Time,
4 June 2025
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But European settlers and trappers killed off most of the big cats living in the eastern two-thirds of the continent.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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Biden’s sanctions on some West Bank settlers were eliminated.—
ALUF BENN,
Foreign Affairs,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Our heavily armored alien menace starts taking out drug cartel goons and making a mess, and a couple of cops (Danny Glover and Bill Paxton) plus an unhinged DEA agent (Gary Busey) are on the case to investigate.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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The alien encounters in Anderson’s world neither begin nor end with a visitor from the stars.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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Views on refugees generally The poll — which sampled 1,560 U.S. adults May 22-27 — began by asking respondents for their general views on refugees, who typically flee their home country due to violence or persecution.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Nawrocki, 42, a newcomer to politics who previously ran a national remembrance institute, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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