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[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 pertaining to immigrants and immigration: a department for immigrant affairs.

immigrating.

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Origin:
1780–90, Americanism; < Latin immigrant- (stem of immigrāns), present participle of immigrāre to move into. See im-¹, migrant

Related forms

non·im·mi·grant, noun, adjective

Can be confused: emigrant, immigrant, migrant.

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Illegal immigrants and prison inmates are expressly prohibited from purchasing insurance through the national exchanges.

There is something unsettling about immigrants because well, because they.

Immigrants either have university degrees or no high-school education.

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Illegal immigrants and prison inmates are expressly prohibited from purchasing insurance through the national exchanges.

There is something unsettling about immigrants because well, because they.

Immigrants either have university degrees or no high-school education.

Of course, immigrants from many other countries brought their music too.

Immigrants are pioneers, too, and this is reflected in increased numbers of births among immigrants.

Mexican immigrants are defying expectations in this country-and changing the landscape back home.

Japanese immigrants flocked here to work in the salt ponds and open laundries and flower shops.

The bill, coupled with the government's subsequent treatment of immigrants and native-born.

Many illegal immigrants filing returns say they hope to create a paper trail that could lead to citizenship one day.

Advocates say the measure would benefit the economy by helping young immigrants obtain better-paying jobs.

Immigrants at sea will often refuse to be rescued because rescue can mean detention or deportation.

To supplement their income, the immigrants fan out into the forest to hunt wild animals to supply the lucrative bush-meat trade.

It excludes legal immigrants and fails to reach people who can't afford health insurance even after the potential subsidies.

Actors playing toothless immigrants swore their devotion to the.

The burbs are becoming ethnic stews, attracting immigrants in greater numbers than big cities are.

US population is also growing at a steady clip, augmented by high numbers of immigrants.

The city has started an advertising push targeting illegal immigrants.

Bring in skilled immigrants from all over the world.

Low skilled immigrants keep wages low in low skilled jobs.

At international scales geographers track the flows of immigrants and emigrants.

Perhaps immigrants stay away from potential enemy doctors.

Far overwhelming legal immigration are torrents of illegal immigrants who pay large sums to get across borders.

Pataki's signature contains a provision that would deny state-financed benefits to legal immigrants in their first.

Conquerors are not illegal immigrants and the need for a strong military is a standard right position.

Immigrants of all skill levels also tend to be more entrepreneurial.

The next wave of immigrants appears to have developed more sophisticated tools such as hand axes.

Compounding the issue is the fact that immigrants today do not want to become part of their host culture.

Digital immigrants tend to think about privacy as the ability to conceal information from others.

American-born children of illegal immigrants are pushed into the shadows alongside their parents and suffer steep consequences.

In the blogosphere, as in real life, complaints about immigrants abound.

The weakening economy coupled with recent curbs on illegal immigration are steering immigrants away.

But immigrants are people and they deserve a chance to move to maximise the return to their skills.

In other rich countries, the unemployment rate is much higher for immigrants than for the native-born.

In many cases, immigrants also pay more in taxes than they cost in public spending.

Immigrants are never liked, but there is a difference between poor immigrants and not so poor immigrants.

Unfortunatelly for immigrants social progress was slower to come, and many ended up unable to move out of the subburbs.

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Word Origin & History

immigrant

"one who immigrates," 1792, in an Amer.Eng. context, from L. immigrantem, prp. of immigrare (see immigrate). Emigrant is older.

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