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immigrant

[ im-i-gruhnt ]

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noun

a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
an organism found in a new habitat.

adjective

of or relating to immigrants and immigration:
a department for immigrant affairs.
immigrating.

immigrant

/ ˈɪ��ɪɡ��ə�Գ� /

noun

1. a person who comes to a country in order to settle there Compare emigrant
2. ( as modifier )
  an immigrant community
an animal or plant that lives or grows in a region to which it has recently migrated

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Other Word Forms

�Դǲ�·��m��·��Գ� noun adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of immigrant¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1780–90; from Latin immigrant-, stem of ��Բ� “moving into,” present participle of �� “to move into”; equivalent to im- ¹ + migrant

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Leavitt also touted an immigration raid at an "underground" nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Sunday, where she said officials detained more than 100 undocumented immigrants and seized weapons and drugs.

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As a blue state with a massive immigrant population, California is a key player in the nation’s immigration showdown.

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Finding groups of people - migrants, immigrants, whatever - to blame for society's problems instead of trying to figure out a solution worries me quite a bit.

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“Everyone is fine with deporting immigrants who have committed crimes. But that’s very different from deporting people mistakenly, without a hearing, to prisons overseas without the ability for parole.”

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Debby Lee, the daughter of Hmong immigrants from Laos, experienced this kind of frustration firsthand.

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immie immigrate

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