How to Use immigration in a Sentence

immigration

noun
  • It can be traced back to the turn of the 19th century, when Italian immigration to the U.S. was at its peak.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The Times fact-checked some of Trump’s most common claims on immigration.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Now, the nation had a new Rorschach test on immigration.
    Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • French talked to Rolling Stone about his mother, his come-up in the Bronx rap scene, and why immigration affects us all.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2023
  • With his wife soon to give birth and in the process of filing for U.S. immigration, Brenda's son Nick had a tough decision to make.
    USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Moran voted against the last immigration effort to clear the Senate, in 2013.
    Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Cherny, for his part, told me that his voters care more about immigration and the border than Israel.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The poll showed that immigration had surged to the top of the issues that voters cared most about — more than the economy or inflation.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • While crime was the central focus of the night’s speeches, immigration loomed large in the messaging as well.
    Becky Nicolaides / Made By History, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Some of those who've attended the rallies have voiced concerns over immigration policies in the wake of a the stabbing deaths.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • More to Read Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the U.S.?
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
  • In the meantime, workers who toil in the heat have rights, regardless of their immigration status.
    Jessica E. Martinez, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Dolan launched an ad blitz hitting Brown on immigration in an attempt to unseat the Ohio Democrat.
    Grace Kazarian, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Giles serves as the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Mayors task force on immigration reform.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The non-profit has already helped some get on their way to other states to continue their immigration process.
    Rosa Flores, CNN, 15 June 2023
  • The alleged agent promised a huge amount of money and immigration to the U.S. for Zeng’s family in return for the information, the ministry said.
    Reuters, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Colorado has extended the right to drive regardless of immigration status for 10 years – and some states have done so for even longer.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2023
  • After the war, it was used as an opera house and theater, then an immigration center, then an aquarium.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
  • Some argue that the point of restricting immigration was to give jobs to Americans.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Since then, Sweden’s immigration policy has been on a one-way street.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Near a makeshift camp along the Rio Grande, a few dozen migrants pleaded with U.S. immigration authorities.
    Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • In other words, most people in the US are now tying crime to recent increases in immigration.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • At the start of the series, Ah Sahm, the show’s protagonist, is standing in an immigration line, having just arrived from China.
    Jasper Lo, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Moore said that instances of violence like in Morin’s case have nothing to do with immigrants or immigration, but people who break the law.
    Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
  • Two years after signing Senate Bill 1070, the state’s tough immigration law.
    Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 18 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
  • Countries such as Germany and France are concerned by what such a shift would portend for EU immigration and climate policies.
    Ciarán Giles and Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • Meanwhile, Musk has been courting leaders on the right of the political spectrum over their hard-line rhetoric on immigration.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune Europe, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Both the documented and the undocumented could find themselves targets of Trump, who made immigration crackdowns the cornerstone of his campaign.
    Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Because of a backlogged immigration system and no permanent immigration path, some people have had TPS for decades without other means of obtaining legal status.
    Astrid Galván, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024

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