immigration

immigration
noun
1 coming to live in a country
ADJECTIVE
▪ illegal
▪ undocumented (AmE)
▪ legal
▪ large-scale, mass, massive
▪ increased
▪ uncontrolled
▪

the impact of uncontrolled immigration

▪ continued, continuing
▪

the immense and continuing immigration from Latin America

▪ Hispanic, Jewish, Mexican, etc.
VERB + IMMIGRATION
▪ control, curb, curtail, limit, prevent, reduce, restrict, stop
▪

laws restricting immigration into the US

▪ discourage, increase
▪

I think we need to discourage illegal immigration.

▪ encourage
▪

The authorities quickly encouraged immigration.

IMMIGRATION + NOUN
▪ bill, control, crisis, debate, enforcement, law, legislation, policy, proposal, reform, restrictions, rules
▪ agent (AmE), authority, court (esp. AmE), office, officer, official, service
▪ attorney (AmE), judge (AmE), lawyer
▪ case, hearing, proceedings
▪ violation
▪

They were arrested for immigration violations.

▪ quota
▪

a Senate debate on immigration quotas

▪ rate
▪

the immigration rate for the US

▪ status
▪

the immigration status of the worker

▪ records
▪

US attorneys match immigration records to voting rolls.

▪ papers
▪

His wife finally received her immigration papers.

PREPOSITION
▪ immigration from
▪

There was a sudden increase in immigration from Europe.

2 (also immigration control) at a port/airport
VERB + IMMIGRATION
▪ go through, pass through
▪

We landed at Heathrow and went through customs and immigration.

IMMIGRATION + NOUN
▪ checks, procedures
▪

calls for tighter immigration procedures


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