immigration

noun

im·mi·gra·tion ˌi-mə-ˈgrā-shən

plural immigrations

: an act or instance of immigrating

specifically : travel into a country for the purpose of permanent residence there

Especially during these months when there has been constant talk of immigration and its myriad challenges, both here and on European national borders … —

Bob Greene

illegal/legal immigration

immigration reform/policy/law

Drawing historical comparisons is always a fraught process, especially when the subject is as contentious as immigration. —

James Hannan

There is only a passing comment on Chinese and Japanese immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, plus a short section on the truly global wave of immigrants that swept into America after the Second World War … —

Nicholas Guyatt

The Middle Ages is the story of successive migrations and immigrations … —

Janet L. Nelson

immigrational

ˌi-mə-ˈgrā-sh(ə-)nəl

adjective

studied the region's immigrational history

Examples of immigration in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web During the Trump years, the public strongly rejected his restrictive immigration policies. —

David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024 Their varied, and cautious, views are a sign of a nationwide shift in how Americans feel about immigration. —

Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024 Musk amplifying false claims is counterproductive to rational immigration policy, Arulanantham said. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024 Syra Ortiz Blanes Syra Ortiz Blanes covers immigration for the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. —

Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for immigration

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