Sentence examples for immigrant background from inspiring English sources

She was a student, barely twenty-three, from a poor immigrant background.

Her immigrant background left her less susceptible to the received ideas of Brazilian society.

Like so many who shared his immigrant background, AJ became a good American.

But Democrats now embrace Hamilton for his immigrant background and his modern ideas of activist government.

A background like Davis's is often referred to as disadvantaged – single mother, immigrant background, social housing.

He has an immigrant background like everyone else so I don't understand where he's coming from.

It's tough for all the youngsters but if you've an immigrant background doubly so.

Trevor was born in Darlington to Jewish parents from a Russian immigrant background.

The lack of basic language skills means more schoolchildren with an immigrant background do not complete basic secondary education.

It is estimated that 20percentto25percentcent of the present population has an immigrant background.

Fully half of the students of immigrant background in Denmark leave school without a diploma, she said.