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im·mi·grate
/ ˈimiˌgrāt/
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v. [intr.]
come to live permanently in a foreign country:
the Mennonites immigrated to western Canada in the 1870s.
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Immigration Relief, Protection Act Introduced in House by Rep. Owens
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...Owens, D-New York, has introduced the Immigration Relief and Protection Act of 2006 (H.R...reduce the number of innocent victims of immigration fraud by making certain immigration consultant practices criminal offenses...
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IMMIGRATION AGENCIES OVERSIGHT:PEGGY PHILBIN FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...ACTING DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND CLAIMS MR. CHAIRMAN, RANKING...organization of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), to highlight some...
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Immigration to Add 100+ Million to U.S. Population by 2060
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...Contact: Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies, +1- 202-466-8185, sac...A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies projects how different levels of immigration would impact the future size of America...
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Immigration Crackdown Overwhelms Judges
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 2/9/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Things Considered 02-09-2009 Immigration Crackdown Overwhelms Judges Host...years, the Bush administration's immigration crackdown has created a lot of new jobs. There are thousands more immigration agents to arrest immigrants, and...
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Is immigration good for the economy?
Magazine article from: Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content; 10/26/2009; 700+ words
; ...s population could hit 70m. Rising immigration can help defray the cost of an ageing...economic costs too. So on balance, is immigration good for the economy? YES, says Chris...University's Robert Rowthorn - no friend of immigration - has estimated the fiscal effect of...
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Immigration Policy Dispute Rocks Sierra Club
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...its weight behind an effort to reduce immigration as part of a policy to stabilize U...board to "take no position" on U.S. immigration levels or policies. The debate, which...population growth and those favoring immigration, are watching the referendum closely...
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Mass Immigration and the National Interest.
Magazine article from: Industrial and Labor Relations Review; 10/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...eminent institutional labor economist interested in immigration, and Mass Immigration and the National Interest is the clearest statement of Briggs's belief that U.S. immigration policy ignores the labor market consequences...
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Immigration policies in the European Union: European policy towards immigration from third countries is subject to certain restrictions which must be removed to provide a fair working environment for all immigrants to Europe.(IMMIGRATION)(Viewpoint essay)
Magazine article from: The New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...cultural heritage of Europe. Free Movement of People vs. Immigration In the present era of European integration, we do not label immigration between individual European states as "immigration," but rather as the "free movement of people" within...
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Immigration Reform: Congress Looks at Past Laws
Magazine article from: The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education; 7/2/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Judiciary Sub-Committee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security...topics - the history of the 1986 and 1996 immigration reform bills. But the information covered...least for political junkies hooked on immigration reform. Even the chairman of the full...
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IMMIGRATION JUDGE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE IN ARLINGTON
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/10/2006; 687 words
; ...of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review issued the following press release: Thomas Snow was sworn in today as an immigration judge during an investiture ceremony...Army Court of Criminal Appeals. Chief Immigration Judge Michael J. Creppy, from the...
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Immigration Restriction
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION. Although slaves are not usually considered immigrants, the first formal inhibition of immigration by the United States was the prohibition of the foreign slave...
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Immigration
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Immigration Immigration studies have yet to reach a consensus on which kinds of human movements constitute immigration. This entry uses the term in its broadest sense, referring to...
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Immigration Law
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
para-3: 1915 changed to 1917 Immigration Law. As early as 1798, the Alien and...however, early Congressional oversight of immigration was slight. The Steerage Act of 1819...from visitors. State laws relating to immigration were struck down by the U.S. Supreme...
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immigration
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
immigration entrance of a person (an alien ) into...establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally...may be very important. High rates of immigration are frequently accompanied by militant...
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Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)
Book article from: Major Acts of Congress
Immigration and Nationality Act (1952) Bo Cooper T he Immigration and Nationality Act (P.L. 82-414, 66 Stat...mirrors the American public and policy attitude toward immigration; it is complex, its pieces do not always fit well...
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