Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of immigrating; the act or process of passing or removing into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
WordNet 3.0
- n. migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
- n. the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
Examples
“Can't wait to chat with the Russian immigration guys. desidyke US #immigration is (illegally) 6 months late on my Green Card.”
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
“Plus, anti-immigrant pages on Facebook "owned" the term immigration, meaning searches using that word tended to lead to anti-immigration content.”
“What really needs to happen in immigration is for the U.S. to hold Mexico to the fire in doing a better job of taking care of their poor.”
“Glenn Hamer , president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, said that in contrast to previous years, "the word immigration did not come up" during a recent annual legislative forecast luncheon with top state elected officials.”
The Wall Street Journal: Arizona Softens Tone on Illegal Immigrants
“Thus, Archbishop Gomez explained, Catholic interest in immigration is not a recent development but “part of our religious identity as Catholics, as Christians.””
“Discuss the shift in immigration from the 1980s to the present.”
“Our first duty in immigration is to our own British brothers over there.”
“Dover with the title immigration officer (the nation's front line in immigration control) will lose their jobs.”
“President Bush said he is optimistic that what he calls immigration reform or migration reform, as he put it in Mexico, will be passed by the Senate.”
“As Casey Wian now reports, Arellano says she will continue to fight for what she calls immigration reform from the Mexican side of the border.”
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
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National Library Agenda Summit
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
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ESL Academic Word List
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collapse, depression, colleagues, invoked, levy, nonetheless, likewise, so-called, ongoing, conceived, forthcoming, integrity and 558 more...
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mandarine's Words
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my dictionary
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European World Systems
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Norman Lewis
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Immigration
Words that we will encounter during our study of immigration!
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Lupita Manana #1
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