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Walter Theodore Rollins was born Sept. 7, 1930, at his grandmother’s house in Harlem, the youngest of three children to parents who had immigrated from the Virgin Islands.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

“Almost every shoemaker I met had immigrated to the country,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

The seven - who had immigrated from Azerbaijan - were detained in the Haifa area.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024

Most of my friends’ parents were engineers who had immigrated to the country during graduate school.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2024

He'd been born there, and though my parents had immigrated to the US when he was little, Iraq had always remained home for him.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda