immigrant parent

collocation in English

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immigrant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪm.ɪ.ɡrənt/us
/ˈɪm.ə.ɡrənt/
a person who has come to a different country in order to live ...
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parent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeə.rənt/us
/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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(Definition ofimmigrantandparentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Officially refers to any person with at least oneimmigrantparent.
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As of 2006, about 35% of people (4 million) living in the region were either immigrant (17%) or born to at least oneimmigrantparent(18%).
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The importance of intergenerational family relationships is revealed by the numerous exchanges that occur between immigrant parents and their children.
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Immigrant parents who remain monolingual do so primarily for two reasons.
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Infantile autism in children of immigrant parents.
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It is also important that immigrant parents should be helped to appreciate what the schools do.
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What precautions are taken to see that children born here of immigrant parents are not included in this quota?
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I only indicated the existence of colour because it helps one to recognise that these children were of immigrant parents.
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Obviously, those of people who are born to immigrant parents.
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There is one problem with the children of migrant parents who are here for a spell and entirely another with the children of immigrant parents who are here to stay.
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Under her enthusiastic leadership homes were being visited and the gap which many immigrant parents visualise exists between home and school was being bridged by this generous-hearted person.
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Perhaps we may hope that the day is not far distant when the managers and governors of a good many of our schools will include representatives of immigrant parents.
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This is a by-product of the strains that emerge between immigrant parents living in poor, inner city neighborhoods.
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More than 76% of the people living there are immigrants or have immigrant parents.
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Both searches lead in the same direction - a rich slumlord who is imprisoning the children's immigrant parents.
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He was born to immigrant parents, who instilled a sense of the value of education in him and his brother.
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His experiences as the child of immigrant parents deeply influenced his later work.
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The purpose of this interview was to establish directly characteristics of immigrant parents and families and their outlooks for the future including aspirations and plans for the children.
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The cultural gap between immigrant parents and their children may widen due to acculturation because younger generations find it easier to adapt to the new culture.
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