immigration

IPA: ɪmʌgrˈeɪʃʌn

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.

Examples of "immigration" in Sentences

The immigration was the Second OT Exodus.
The immigrations decreased farming in the fields.
List of countries that regulate the immigration of felons.
Discuss the shift in immigration from the 1980s to the present.
The distribution reflects the history of immigration into the country.
It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin.
Can't wait to chat with the Russian immigration guys. desidyke US #immigration is (illegally) 6 months late on my Green Card.
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.
Plus, anti-immigrant pages on Facebook "owned" the term immigration, meaning searches using that word tended to lead to anti-immigration content.
Thus, Archbishop Gomez explained, Catholic interest in immigration is not a recent development but “part of our religious identity as Catholics, as Christians.”
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.