noun
1 coming to live in a country
ADJECTIVE
▪ illegal
▪ undocumented ( AmE )
▪ legal
▪ large-scale , mass , massive
▪ increased
▪ uncontrolled
▪
the impact of uncontrolled ~
▪ continued , continuing
▪
the immense and continuing ~ from Latin America
▪ Hispanic , Jewish , Mexican , etc.
VERB + IMMIGRATION
▪ control , curb , curtail , limit , prevent , reduce , restrict , stop
▪
laws restricting ~ into the US
▪ discourage , increase
▪
I think we need to discourage illegal ~.
▪ encourage
▪
The authorities quickly encouraged ~.
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 ~ violations.
▪ quota
▪
a Senate debate on ~ quotas
▪ rate
▪
the ~ rate for the US
▪ status
▪
the ~ status of the worker
▪ records
▪
US attorneys match ~ records to voting rolls.
▪ papers
▪
His wife finally received her ~ papers.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
There was a sudden increase in ~ 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 + NOUN
▪ checks , procedures
▪
calls for tighter ~ procedures