How to Use immigrant in a Sentence

immigrant

noun

• The city has a large immigrant population.
• Millions of immigrants came to America from Europe in the 19th century.
• There are many ways to be an immigrant.
  — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
• Xavier, like me, is a son of immigrants.
  — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
• What kind of immigrant doesn’t eat white rice?
  — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
• What was life like for him as a young immigrant with two children?
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2021
• Well, thank you for being an immigrant here tonight.
  — Joshua Dudley, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• Both were sons of Cuban immigrants.
  — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026
• Toughness was a virtue for the immigrants.
  — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
• More immigrants are being locked up alone.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
• More than half of the seventh- and eighth-graders in the club are refugees, and almost all are immigrants.
  — Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
• But Elodia said many immigrants will be too scared to come out and watch.
  — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 11 June 2026
• And, yes, a false claim of Haitian immigrants eating dogs and cats.
  — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2024
• Our country is built on immigrants.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
• There isn’t anybody here who aren’t immigrants somewhere in the past.
  — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
• Italy has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, and few countries are in greater need of immigrants.
  — The Economist, 20 July 2017
• What is your message to immigrants in this district?
  — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
• But will this moment be one that welcomes immigrants?
  — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
• In short, Gatsby was an immigrant—like me.
  — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
• Being fat or an immigrant or full of self-pity for one reason or other.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
• What is your message to constituents who are immigrants?
  — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
• And a lot of immigrants are going to see themselves in this story.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2023
• In the Bay Area, turning our backs on immigrants hurts us all.
  — Peter Leroe-Munoz, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2019
• Von’s father was an immigrant from Nicaragua.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
• This drove her to want to fight and advocate for immigrants who did not have a voice for themselves.
  — Yola Robert, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
• Many of these immigrants have already waited years for their chance to make their case before a judge.
  — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
• Ghosh is an immigrant from India and the daughter of refugees.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
• Hundreds of thousands of immigrants apply for a green card each year.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
• The crowd laughs and cheers as speakers rail against immigrants, politicians and the media.
  — The Economist, 18 July 2019
• For all children of immigrants.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026