immigration
Americannoun
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the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there
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the part of a port, airport, etc where government employees examine the passports, visas, etc of foreign nationals entering the country
Other Word Forms
- anti-immigration adjective
- immigrational adjective
- immigratory adjective
- nonimmigration noun
- preimmigration noun
- proimmigration adjective
Etymology
Origin of immigration
Example Sentences
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Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly in support of a “special message” decrying militarized immigration enforcement and pleading for reform.
From Los Angeles Times
Federal agents in the Twin Cities lately have been conducting more targeted immigration arrests at homes and neighborhoods, rather than staging in parking lots.
From Los Angeles Times
He said 2,000 agents would remain, but added that he aimed to cut the federal immigration presence in the city to its level before the operation started in December.
From BBC
The killings drew international attention and condemnation over the government's false accounts of what happened, intensifying public concern about the conduct of federal immigration operations.
From Barron's
“Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people,” Homan said Wednesday, adding that the remaining officers will stay to carry out immigration enforcement in the state.
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