OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14492

immigration

/ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
inmigración
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
Another measure of the inadequacy of the Immigration and Nationality Act has been the huge volume of private immigration bills introduced in Congress. These are bills to deal with…
The Bohemians had come then, and after them the Poles. People said that old man Durham himself was responsible for these immigrations; he had sworn that he would fix the people of…
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