Word: make
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...both communities, the services stand as landmarks to their immigrant identity. And the city which received hordes of Irish and Italian immigrants at the turn of the century still holds its doors open to all nationalities trying to make a new start...
Desperate to make money to support their immediate family and family in refugee camps relying on them, Ethiopian immigrants are forced to work two or three jobs, Argaw says...
...They have their Portuguese bank, their own convenience stores. At church, there are services in Portuguese," Cerqueira says. "They really live an isolated experience. If they spoke English, they would've been able to make a better life. They would've done better job-wise...
...tougher today than it was thirty years ago to make a home--as the Portuguese did--in Cambridge. Despite praising Cambridge for its acceptance of new cultures, for instance, the Haitian immigrant community is slowly leaving after 20 years in the city...
...Argaw says the Ethiopian immigrants are determined to make this place their home...