immigrant
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Synonyms
emigrant, émigré (also emigré), in-migrant, incomer [chiefly British], migrant, out-migrant, settler
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In the Bay Area, turning our backs on immigrants hurts us all. — Peter Leroe-munoz, The Mercury News, "Opinion: How turning our backs on immigrants hurts Bay Area," 6 Sep. 2019 But the raids in Mississippi were worse than simply an unnecessary, cruel and hypocritical flex by the Trump administration in its war on immigrants living in the U.S. without permission. — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Chicken-factory employees in the U.S. illegally work in fear. Their employers, not so much.," 3 Sep. 2019 Palantir, which recently signed a contract with ICE for almost $50 million, provides software that ICE uses to collect data on immigrants. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "How Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Crossed the Road: raceAhead," 29 Aug. 2019 Some of those changes are already in place, like the district’s decision to allow parents to enter schools using forms of ID available to undocumented immigrants. — Koby Levin, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit superintendent's plan to protect students could get him in trouble," 29 Aug. 2019 However, Capps said, Obama focused his enforcement efforts on immigrants who had committed serious crimes. — Olivia Sanchez, USA TODAY, "Endless fear: Undocumented immigrants grapple with anxiety, depression under Trump," 25 Aug. 2019 Those concerns would appear to apply equally to immigrants married to citizens, and those married to noncitizens. — Dara Lind, ProPublica, "The Administration Rushed on a Sweeping Immigration Policy. We Found Substantive, Sloppy Mistakes.," 20 Aug. 2019 Many industries have long relied on unauthorized immigrants to fill necessary, low-wage jobs. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Will immigration enforcement still go light on employers?," 16 Aug. 2019 The new spot connects Trump's rhetoric on immigrants to the recent mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, which was the largest targeted attack on Latinos in modern American history. — NBC News, "Kamala Harris scores endorsement from Iowa's Asian-Latino Coalition," 13 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immigrant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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