Weekly Immigrant Report by Sophia Jimenez

Gustavo Dudamel, LA Philharmonic Conductor, Venezuelan American

Natalie Portman, Actor, Israeli American

Rodolfo Neri Vela, Astronaut, Mexican American

Julia Marino, Olympic Skier, Paraguayan American

César Pelli, Architect, Argentinian American

Tony Meléndez, Guitarist, Nicaraguan American

Adriana Ocampo, NASA Scientist, Colombian American

Franklin Chang Díaz, Astronaut, Costa Rican/Chinese American

Jaime Escalante, Teacher, Bolivian American

Adriano Espaillat, NY Congressman, Dominican American

Nadia Comăneci, Olympic Gymnast, Romanian American

Regina Spektor, Musician, Russian American

Gloria Estefan, Musician, Cuban American

Mariano Rivera, MLB Professional Baseball, Panamanian American

Patrick Ewing, NBA Basketball Player, Jamaican American

Wyclef Jean, Musician, Haitian American

Sofia Vergara, Actor, Colombian American

Hedy Lamarr, Actor, Inventor, Austrian American

Hassan Shibly, Attorney, Syrian American

Raj Panjabi, Physician, Indo American

Pramila Jayapal, US Representative, Indo American

Frances Cabrini, Founder of 67 Schools, Hospitals & Orphanages, Italian American

Martina Navratilova, Champion Tennis Player, Czech American

Ming Na Wen, Actor, Chinese American

Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa, Cuban American

Mary "Mother" Jones, Activist, Irish American

Rita M. Rodriguez, First Woman Harvard Professor, Cuban American

Clara Lemlich, Activist, Union Organizer, Ukrainian American

Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor, Scottish American

José Andrés, Chef, Spanish American

Kahlil Gibran, Poet, Lebanese American

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Author, Nigerian American

Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Activist, Congolese American

Liviu Librescu, Survivor, Protector, Romanian American

Shohreh Aghdashloo, Actor, Iranian American

Ilhan Omar, U.S. Representative, Somali American

Firouz Naderi, NASA Scientist, Iranian American

Juan Carlos Hernandez-Pacheco, Restaurant Manager, Mexican American

Richard Blanco, Poet, Spanish American

I.M. Pei, Architect, Chinese American

David Ho, Scientist, Pioneer, Taiwanese American

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel Prize Winning Astrophysicist, Indo American

Baruj Benacerraf, Nobel Prize Winning Scientist, Venezuelan American

David Tran, Sriracha Inventor, Vietnamese American

Felix Varela, Priest, Cuban American

Luis Enrique, Latin Grammy Winning Singer/Composer, Nicaraguan American

Dan-el Padilla Peralta, From Homelessness to Princeton Salutatorian, Dominican American

Dalip Singh Saund, U.S. Representative, Indo American

Irving Berlin, Composer, Russian American

Igor Sikorsky, Engineer, Designer, Ukrainian American

Kenta Maeda, MLB Player, Japanese American

Hakeem Olajuwon, NBA Player, Nigerian American

Geoffrey Holder, Tony Award Winning Costumer Designer, Trinidadian American

Boris Aronson, Six-Time Tony Award Winning Set Designer, Ukrainian American

Barkhad Abdi, Oscar/Golden Globe-Nominated Actor, Somali American

Abdulsalam Abujebel, Small Business Owner, Ethiopian American

Ang Lee, Multiple Oscar/Golden Globe-Winning Director, Taiwanese American

Oscar de la Renta, Fashion Designer, Dominican American

Mattias Ferreira, Marine, Police Officer, Uruguayan American

Jose Hernandez, Astronaut, Mexican American

Larissa Martinez, Valedictorian, Yale Student, Mexican American

Mayte Lara Ibara, Valedictorian, Student, Mexican American

Yuriana Aguilar, PhD, Student, Mexican American

Milana Vayntrub, Actor, Activist, Uzbeki American

Albert Pujols, MLB MVP Player, Dominican American

Andy Garcia, Oscar-Nominated Actor, Cuban American

Hans Zimmer, Oscar-Winning Composer, German American

Marilyn Chin, Award-Winning Poet, Novelist, Translator, Professor, Hong Kong American

Danell Leyva, Olympic Silver & Bronze Gymnast, Cuban American

Cassandria Hsiao, Student Accepted into Eight Ivy League Schools, Maylasian American

Harold Ekeh, Student Accepted into Eight Ivy League Schools, Nigerian American

Kelly Hyles, Student Accepted into Eight Ivy League School, Guyanese American

Stefan Stoykov, Student Accepted into Eight Ivy League Schools, Bulgarian American

Lupita Nyong'o, Oscar-winning Actor, Kenyan American

Steve Ly, Refugee-Now-Mayor, Laotian American

Tibor Rubin, Veteran, Holocaust Survivor, Medal of Honor Recipient, Hungarian American

Martin Greenfield, Tailor for Four U.S. Presidents, Czechoslovakian American

Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer-Winning Journalist, Filipino American

Nicki Minaj, First Female Solo Artist to Have 7 Top 100 Singles in the United States, Trinidadian American

Kerron Clement, Olympian, Trinidad & Tobago American

Paul Chelimo, Olympic Silver Medalist, Track, Kenyan American

Dagmara Wozniak, Olympic Bronze Medalist, Fencing, Polish American

Sanya Richards-Ross, Olympic Multi-Gold Medalist, Track, Jamaican American

Susan Francia, Olympic Gold Medalist, Rowing, Hungarian American

Leo Manzano, Olympic Silver Medalist, Track, Mexican American

Nastia Liukin, Olympic Gold Medalist, Gymnastics, Russian American

Alexander Artemev, Olympic Bronze Medalist, Gymnastics, Russian American

Phil Dalhausser, Olympic Gold Medalist, Beach Volleyball, Swiss American

Foluke Akinradewo, Olympic Bronze Medalist, Volleyball, Nigerian American

Jeanette Vizguerra, Activist, Time's 100 Most Influential, Mexican American

Steve Chen, Co-Founder of YouTube, Taiwanese American

Alix Idrache, West Point Graduate, Haitian American

Denny Chin, 1st Asian American U.S. District Judge, Hong Kong American

Bjarke Ingels, Architect, Invented DryLine, Danish American

Andrew & Peggy Cherng, Founders of Panda Express, Chinese American

Meb Keflezighi, Olympian, Winner of NYC & Boston Marathons, Eritrean American

Thi Bui, Author of "The Best We Could Do," Vietnamese American

Mia Alvar, Author of "In the Country," Filipina American

Chinua Achebe, Author of "Things Fall Apart," Nigerian American

Bao Phi, Poetry Slam Champ, Vietnamese American

Ted Lieu, USAF Veteran, U.S. Representative, Taiwanese American

Yesica Calderon, DREAMer, Student-Athlete Scholar, Salvadorian American

Kumail Nanjiani, Actor, Pakistani American

Hannah Arendt, Political Theorist, German American

Eugenio Derbez, Actor, Mexican American

Dr. Gisella Perl, Auschwitz Survivor, Activist, Romanian American

Cinthya Santos Birones, Cultural Anchor, Mexican American

Anaïs Nin, Writer, Cuban American

Keiko Fukuda, Judo Fighter, Japanese American

Indra Devi, Yoga Instructor, Russian American

Julissa Arce, Undocumented Wall Street Executive, Author, Mexican American

Chien-Shiung Wu, Award Winning Physicist, Chinese American

Tsung-Dao Lee & Chen-Ning Yang, Nobel Prize-Winning Physicists, Chinese American

Emma Goldman, Activist for Women's & Worker's Rights, Russian American

Xavier Cugat, Actor, Spaniard American

Alice Guy-Blaché, Pioneer Filmmaker, French American

Desi Arnaz, Actor, Cuban American

Masako Katsura, Champion Billiards Competitor, Japanese American

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Pyschiatrist, Five Stages of Grief, Swiss American

Julie Smolyansky, Youngest CEO of Publicly Traded Firm, Ukrainian American

Yuyi Morales, Caldecott Winning Author/Illustrator, Mexican American

Kiran Desai, Man Booker Prize & National Book Circle Award Winning Author, Indian American

Qasim Rashid, Activist, Pakistani American

Corey Lee, Michelin Award Winning Chef/Restaurant Owner, Korean American

Hugo Ortega, Award Winning Chef/Restaurant Owner, Mexican American

Miguel Jara, Restaurant Owner, Mexican American

Michael Solomonov, Award Winning Chef/Restaurant Owner, Israeli American

Hasu and Hersha Shah, Owners of Billion Dollar Hotel Trust, Indian American

Jon Jon Briones, Actor, Filipino American

Gift Ngoepe, First African-Born MLB Player, South African American

Emir Hadzic, Refugee, Marine, Bosnian American

Tayyib Rashid, Marine, Pakistani American

Rasheed Sahib, Army, Guyanese American

Mansoor Shams, Marine, Pakistani American

Azhar Ali, Army, Pakistani American

Mohsin Naqvi, Purple Heart & Bronze Star Recipient, Pakistani American

Ayman Abdelrahman Taha, Purple Heart Recipient, Sudanese American

Humayun Khan, Purple Heart & Bronze Star Recipient, United Arab Emirates American

Feniosky Peña-Mora, Commissioner of NYC Dept of Design, Columbia Professor, Dominican American

Mark de Alencar, Army, Brazilian American

Duvinson Jeanty, 63 Year Old College Graduate, Haitian American

Mike Krieger, Co-Founder of Instagram, Brazilian American

Kao Kalia Yang, Author, Hmong American

Satnam Singh, First Indian NBA Player, Indian American

Victor Espinoza, First Hispanic Winner of the Triple Crown, Mexican American

Frank Schwelb, Activist, Author, Czech American

Dovydas Neverauskas, First Lithuanian MLB Player, Lithuanian American

Fabio Lanzoni, Actor, Italian American

Diana Al-Hadid, Artist, Syrian American

Afshin Shahidi, Photographer, Iranian American

León Krauze, Award Winning Journalist, Anchor, Mexican American

Adoubou Traore, Fulbright Scholar, Ivory Coast American

Nancy Kwan, Golden Globe Winning Actor, Hong Kong American

Kevin Kwan, Author, Hong Kong American

Weike Wang, Author, Chinese American

Ziggy Marley, Musician, Jamaican American

David Ortiz, MLB Player, Dominican American

Jessy Terrero, Director of Music Videos, Dominican American

Julio Salgado, Activist, Mexican American

Carl Laemmle, Founder of Universal Studios, Activist, German American

Rihanna Fenty, Singer, Bajan American

Anna Bethune, Founder of Brave Initiatives, Teaching Coding, Leadership, Jamaican American

Norma Torres, U.S. Representative, Guatemalan American

Mila Kunis, Actor, Ukrainian American

Ruth Behar, Author, MacArthur Fellow, Cuban American

Fred & August Duesenberg, Car Manufacturers, First Americans to Win Grand Prix, German American

Sandro Catanzaro, Co-Founder DataXu, Argentinian American

Peter Lorre, Actor, German American

Guillermo del Toro, Oscar-Winning Director, Mexican American

Ielnaz Kashefipour, Advocate for Children, Iranian American

Sara Ramirez, Actor, Mexican American

Mohamed Omer, Refugee, Entrepreneur, Ethiopian American

René Colato Laínez, Children's Book Author, Salvadoran American

Ronnie del Carmen, Film Director, Filipino American

Ticha Penicheiro, WNBA Player, Portuguese American

Genet Lakew, Creator of Scholarship Fund for Immigrants, Ethiopian American

Geno Auriemma, Champion NCAA Coach, Italian American

Edward Yang, Award-Winning Director, Taiwanese American

Louis Lassen, Likely Inventor of the Hamburger, Danish American

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic, Mexican American

Jorge Ramos, Emmy-Winning Journalist, Mexican American

Reuben & Rose Mattus, Founders of Häagen-Dazs, Polish American

Prudencio Unanue Ortiz, Founder of Goya Foods, Spanish American

Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator at the Museum of Modern Art, German American

Gustav Family, Founders of Jelly Belly & Candy Corn, German American

Marco Canora, Award-Winning Chef, Italian American

Los Tigres del Norte, Grammy-Winning Band, Mexican American

Jorge Villamizar, Singer/Songwriter, Colombian American

Sebastian Krys, Grammy-Winning Music Producer, Argentinian American

Georgie Badiel, Model, Activist, Burkino Faso American

José Carlos (Far Right), Accordionist of Grammy-Winning Band La Santa Cecilia, Mexican American

Abdull Rubén Domínguez, Grammy-Nominated Hip Hop Artist, Panamanian American

Amelia Vega, Miss Universe, Dominican American

Mr. Paradise, Top Streaming Hip Hop Artist, Dominican American

Gabriel Villa, Drummer for Chicano Batman, Colombian American

Alfred Peet, Founder of Peet's Coffee, Dutch American

Fidencio Fifield-Perez, Artist, Dreamer, Mexican American

Carlos Gonzalez Sierra, Scholar, Dreamer, Dominican American

Julio Ramos, Student, Dreamer, Mexican American

Eduardo Solis, Activist, Anti-Bullying, Mental Health, LGBTQIA, Mexican American

Fernando Espino Casas, Student, Dreamer, Mexican American

Gargi Purohit, Student, Dreamer, Indian American

Ricardo Morones Torres, Student, Dreamer, Mexican American

Cecilia Gentili, LGBTQIA Advocate, Argentinian American

Amelia Vega, LGBTQIA Advocate, Honduran American

Pearl Love, LGBTQIA Advocate, Taiwanese American

Christine Perez, LGBTQIA Advocate, Savadoran American

Meredith Talusan, LGBTQIA Advocate, Filipina American

Bamby Salcedo, LGBTQIA Advocate, Mexican American

Johanna Saavedra, LGBTQIA Advocate, Mexican American

Maritxa Vidal, LGBTQIA Advocate, Cuban American

Arianna Inurritegui-Lint, LGBTQIA Advocate, Peruvian American

Paola Coots, LGBTQIA Advocate, Mexican American

Alexa Rodriguez, LGBTQIA Advocate, Salvadoran American

Sujatha Gidla, Author, Indian American

Teresa Valcarce, Advocate, Spanish American

Bárbara Kunde Minuzzi and Daniela Arruda, VC, Brazilian American

Johan Wilhelm Nordström, Founder of Nordstrom, Swedish American

Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulirtzer-Prize Winning Author, Bengali Indian American

Diane von Fürstenberg, Fashion Designer, Belgian American

Aasif Mandvi, Obie-Award Winning Actor, Comedian, Indian American

Zenobia Shroff, Actor, Indian American

Levi Strauss, Inventor of Blue Jeans, German American

Eddie Van Halen, Guitarist, Dutch American

Kelly Yzique, Student, Dreamer, Peruvian American

Makoto Hirigawa, Land Architect, Japanese American

Philip Chiang, Founder of PF Chang's Bistro, Chinese American

Cecilia Chiang, Restaurateur, Mother of Philip Chiang, Chinese American

Ichiro Suzuki, MLB Player, Japanese American

C.Y. Lee, Author, Chinese American

Ovleng Chhour & Kim Hour Khiev, Entrepreneurs, Refugees, Cambodian American

Geena Rocero, LGBTQIA Advocate, Filipina American

Shantanu Narayen, Founder Adobe Systems, Indian American

Ricardo Montalbán, Actor, Mexican American

Sammy Sosa, MLB Player, Dominican American

Iman, Model, Entrepreneur, Somalian American

Zhe-Xi Luo, Paleontologist, Chinese American

Wayne Wang, Film Director, Hong Kong American

Padmi Lakshmi, Model, TV Host, Indian American

Hillary Bor, Olympian, Kenyan American

Ilia Calderón, Journalist, Colombian American

Jirayut Latthivongskorn, Doctor, Thai American