Representative Sample of Immigrants

from Philip Greenspun
Four immigrants to the U.S. who were selected at random:

Amateur sumo wrestler Elon Musk

African-American who came to the U.S. fromm South Africa in 1992. Renamed Tweeter to X.

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Publix shopper Lionel Messi

Came to Miami from Argentina/Barcelona in 2023; enjoys wearing Adidas sneakers and kicking soccer balls.

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Catskills fisherman Irving Berlin

Came to the U.S. from Russia in 1893; conservative Republican anti-communist who violated First Amendment separation of church and state by writing 'God Bless America'.

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Poodle lover Thomas Mann

Came to the U.S. from Germany in 1938; Couldn't express an idea in fewer than 900 pages; Nobel Prize in Literature 1929.

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