as in immigrants
one that leaves one place to settle in another
most out-migrants cited the state's high cost of living as their main reason for leaving
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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
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Another challenge to Trump policies focused on deportations to countries where migrants had never been, such as South Sudan or Libya.
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This phrase has become a rallying cry for activists who say that undocumented migrants and other foreigners in South Africa have taken away jobs from those who were born there.
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The disagreement reflected broader frustrations among many frontier settlers.
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Fossils dating back to the Pleistocene Age were found at this incredible site, which got its name from early settlers who thought the steam emanating from the underground space looked like smoke rising from hell.
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Perhaps as important as Morocco’s investment in nurturing domestic talent has been its improved efforts to scout and court eligible international talent —often the descendants of emigrants who have learned the game in world-class competitive environs elsewhere.
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Between 1854 and 1891, the fort protected emigrants, mail coaches, freight wagons, and travelers along the Trans-Pecos stretch of the San Antonio–El Paso Road and Chihuahua Trail.
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Court bars asylum claims before refugees enter US Alito wrote another decision June 25 for a 6-3 majority that allowed the administration to turn back refugees at the border.
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As millions of Venezuelan refugees moved through Latin America, Tren de Aragua established criminal footholds along migration corridors, extending its reach into Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and eventually the United States.
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“Out-migrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-migrants. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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