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 DeSantis and others have also sought to make political hay by tying squatting to the immigration crisis. —

Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 May 2024 Skytrax launched the World Airport Awards in 1999, based on the largest global survey of airport satisfaction of travelers from more than 100 nationalities, this year taken from August 2023 to March 2024 on a range of factors, including check-in, arrivals, shopping, immigration, and security. —

Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024 That is partly because growth has been driven by improving economic supply: Employers have been hiring as the labor pool grows, for instance, in part because immigration has been rapid. —

Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 1 May 2024 Daniella Silva Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education. —

Daniella Silva, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024 Venice Family Clinic is a nonprofit community health center that provides comprehensive health care to more than 45,000 people in need annually, regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. —

Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 The Republican governor of Texas has been sending them by the busload to highlight his grievances with the Biden administration’s immigration policy. —

Matt Brown, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024 Republicans across the nation and in Missouri have made immigration issues at the southern border with Mexico a key issue ahead of the 2024 elections. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced an icy reception from Senate Republicans on Thursday, one day after the swift dismissal of the GOP impeachment case brought against him over his handling of immigration policy and the southern border. —

Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2024

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