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

Continue reading … LOCKED DOWN – Trump slams door on five more countries in major immigration crackdown. —FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025

The absence of this essential document, the immigration judge wrote in the December 11 filing, was a mere oversight. —Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025

Launched in 1993 as a refugee resettlement program, Opening Doors now offers a variety of resources, including pro bono immigration legal services, mental health counseling services, housing assistance and microenterprise business loans. —Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025

Peña-Melnyk has also been an outspoken immigration advocate. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for immigration

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation