incomers

Definition of incomersnext
plural of incomer, chiefly British

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Noun
  • The 5th Circuit in New Orleans ruled last month that the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to deny bond hearings to immigrants arrested across the country was consistent with the Constitution and federal immigration law.
    Audrey McAvoy, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Ingrid Eagly, a law professor at UCLA, said the combination of cartel violence and stricter immigration policies creates uncertainty for immigrants.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some migrants are released while their cases proceed; others remain in prolonged legal limbo.
    Candace Lukasik, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Over the past year, groups of a few hundred migrants have typically dispersed within days without traveling beyond southern Mexico.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But Union troops in Colorado were also responsible for forcing Indigenous people from their homes as white settlers moved into the state.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Bakri is more brittle in Farah Nabulsi’s The Teacher as Basem, a Palestinian teacher in the West Bank whose support for insurgents grows after his own son dies in prison and as Israeli settlers brutalize his neighborhood.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The book looked at the world of Bad Bridgets, a swath of Irish women emigrants that were deemed troublemakers, noting that for a time Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The website notes that the park has its own trove of Oregon Trail history, like Register Rock, a popular spot for emigrants to etch their names in stone.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Hope that one day my children will live in a world that sees refugees not as a burden, but as human beings who survived the unimaginable.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The Christian Chronicle article documented Memorial Road’s outreach to Afghan refugees, including the Hashemis.
    JC Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Incomers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomers. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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