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  2. Immigration | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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    Immigration, process through which individuals become permanent residents or citizens of another country. Many modern states are characterized by a wide variety of cultures and ethnicities that have derived from previous periods of immigration. Learn more about immigration in this article.

  3. Immigration - Wikipedia

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    Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents.

  4. Immigration Definition | US Immigration Glossary

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    Immigration is the act of leaving one's countries and moving to another country of which they are not natives, nor citizens, to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take-up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.

  5. How the United States Immigration System Works

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    This fact sheet provides basic information about how the U.S. legal immigration system is designed and functions. The law governing U.S. immigration policy is called the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The INA allows the United States to grant up to 675,000 permanent immigrant visas each year across various visa categories.

  6. Immigration: Definition and Facts - HISTORY

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    Immigration is the movement of people living in one country into another and is a key part of human history. Learn more about the Immigration Act of 1965, tenements and other...

  7. Explainer: Who Is An Immigrant? | migrationpolicy.org

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    Simply put, an immigrant is a person living in a country other than that of his or her birth. No matter if that person has taken the citizenship of the destination country, served in its military, married a native, or has another status—he or she will forever be an international migrant.

  8. Immigration Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of IMMIGRATION is an act or instance of immigrating; specifically : travel into a country for the purpose of permanent residence there. How to use immigration in a sentence.

  9. Immigration - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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    Immigration occurs when someone moves to another country in order to stay indefinitely. Thus, because of the brevity of their visits, tourists, business travelers and foreign students, for example, typically do not qualify as immigrants even though they spend time in a foreign country.

  10. U.S. Immigration Timeline: Definition & Reform - HISTORY

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    A timeline of U.S. immigration shows how, from the 1600s to today, the United States became a nation of people from hundreds of cultures, languages and beliefs.

  11. IMMIGRATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    IMMIGRATION definition: 1. the act of someone coming to live in a different country: 2. the process of examining your…. Learn more.