Legal Definition and Related Resources of Immigration

Coming into a country of foreigners in order to permanently reside therein.

The removing into one place from another. It differs from “emigration,” which is the moving from one place into another.

noun

• admission of foreigners
• adventus
• change of national location
• colonization
• entry of aliens
• establishment of foreign residence
• expatriation
• foreign influx
• incoming population
• ingress
• migration
• movement of population
• transmigration
• Associated Concepts: issuance of visas
• passports

Browse or run a search for Immigration in the American Encyclopedia of Law, the Asian Encyclopedia of Law, the European Encyclopedia of Law, the UK Encyclopedia of Law or the Latin American and Spanish Encyclopedia of Law.

Immigration in Historical Law

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Alien, Citizen, National, Naturalization.

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Immigration in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of immigration.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Immigration in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term immigration into Spanish: inmigración (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• immigration in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• immigration in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Federal immigration law determines whether a person is an alien, and associated legal rights, duties, and obligations of aliens in the United states.

Federal immigration law determines whether a person is an alien, and associated legal rights, duties, and obligations of aliens in the United states.

Notion of Immigration

The meaning of Immigration may be as follows: Movement of people from one country to another, for purposes of permanent or long-term relocation. Nations typically have policies restricting or governing immigration, as a means of population control and national security. Immigration controls can also have cultural goals.

Definition of Immigration

In relation to social issues, a meaning of immigration is provided here: To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native

Immigration and the European Union

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See Also

• Asylum and Schengen Agreement

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See Also

• Migration
• Internal Migration
• Immigration Law

Hierarchical Display of Immigration

Social Questions > Migration > Migration

Meaning of Immigration

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Translation of Immigration

• Spanish: Inmigración
• French: Immigration
• German: Einwanderung
• Italian: Immigrazione
• Portuguese: Imigração
• Polish: Imigracja

Thesaurus of Immigration

Social Questions > Migration > Migration > Immigration

See also

• Rights of aliens
• Residence permit
• Admission of aliens

• Child of migrant
• Cultural difference