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immigration

[ im-i-grey-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪm ɪˈgreɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of immigrating.

a group or number of immigrants.

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Origin of immigration

First recorded in 1650–60; im-¹ + migration

OTHER WORDS FROM immigration

im·mi·gra·tion·al, im·mi·gra·to·ry

[im-uh-gruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈɪm ə grəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivean·ti-im·mi·gra·tion, adjectivenon·im·mi·gra·tion, nounpre·im·mi·gra·tion, noun

pro·im·mi·gra·tion, adjective

Words nearby immigration

immesh, immethodical, immie, immigrant, immigrate, immigration, Immigration and Nationality Act, imminence, imminent, Immingham, immingle

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Example sentences from the Web for immigration

And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
Obama’s Pot Policy Is Refer Madness|James Poulos|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As a man who helped people become fugitives to save their skins, his focus on immigration is rooted in a personal life experience.
How Pope Francis Became the World’s BFF|Jason Berry|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rubio has his own troubles with immigration, but people close to him said he still may have a path even with a Bush candidacy.
How A Jeb Bush Candidacy Would Hurt Chris Christie And Shake Up The 2016 GOP Field|David Freedlander|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet that is precisely what President Obama and more specifically the immigration lobby is asking Americans to do.
The Progressive Case Against Birthright Citizenship|Keli Goff|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In their opinion, this would allow conservatives to lay a marker down on immigration while avoiding a shutdown for the time being.
Bachmann and Pelosi vs. Boehner and Obama Over Spending Bill|Ben Jacobs|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Penny dared not take time to try to convince the youth of the folly of fleeing from Immigration authorities.
Swamp Island|Mildred A. Wirt
The number of communicants, at the latest date, was thirty, and the field of labor was rapidly enlarging by immigration.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany
They confront us in different forms in connection with immigration, especially of Asiatics.
Woman in Modern Society|Earl Barnes
To make the effect of this survey cumulative, let us include the totals of immigration from the first.
Aliens or Americans?|Howard B. Grose
Under the specious guise of "immigration," they are replenishing those Islands with slaves from the coast of Africa.
Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments|Various

British Dictionary definitions for immigration

immigration

/ (ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃən) /

noun

the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there

the part of a port, airport, etc where government employees examine the passports, visas, etc of foreign nationals entering the country

Derived forms of immigration

immigrational, adjective

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