Like him, many were immigrants struggling to survive and eventually prosper in the United States.
A family of Russian immigrants struggling to feed themselves after the household breadwinner suffered a heart attack.
"Someone Else's America" doesn't pretend to be a journalistically accurate portrayal of immigrants struggling to gain a foothold.
Its old housing is increasingly crowded with immigrants struggling in low-wage casino jobs, and its new housing is virtually all subsidized.
His novels provided accounts of the immigrants struggling to create communities on the prairies, mostly Nebraska.
That left 28.9 percent of the class in high school for a fifth year, including disproportionate numbers of immigrants struggling with English.
But others are recent immigrants, still struggling to find their place in America.
The young siblings Hansel and Gretel are beleaguered immigrants struggling to live on the Lower East Side.
New York became renowned as a mecca for immigrants struggling with a new language.
The neighborhood, filled with Russian immigrants struggling economically, is badly in need of the jobs that such a large development would provide.