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
  • Britain, which is trying to reduce immigration, wants to limit the scope of any plan.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • The bill is set to lead to deep cuts in Medicaid and food stamps, and give $170 billion to Trump's immigration policies.
    — Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
  • 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
  • Bove wrote that the case needs to be dropped in part so Adams can better focus on carrying out Trump’s immigration policies in New York.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Others defended Gomez as one of the few celebrities to speak in real time during the immigration raids.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Earlier this month, immigration raids kicked off a wave of protests elsewhere in Los Angeles and across the country.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • 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
  • Finneas said that he was tear-gassed while attending a protest in Los Angeles over immigration raids on Sunday.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
  • 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
  • In an Iowa speech, Trump also proposed to allow farmers to vouch for longtime migrant workers to prevent their removal under his stricter immigration enforcement policies.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 July 2025

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