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immigration

[im-i-gray-shuhn] / ˌɪm ɪˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Pacheco told the Fresno Bee that four of the bakery’s customers had been detained and that one was eventually released because he had lawful immigration status.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The energy minister has insisted she backs Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms after she made what she described as a "light-hearted remark".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Citing unnamed sources, Fox reported that the investigation concerned immigration paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a child.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

An under-appreciated factor hurting them as much as high mortgage rates and inflation has been immigration raids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Papá and Mamá decided to cross the border in Nogales because they had heard that the immigration office there was not as busy as the one in Tijuana or Mexicali.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

The move comes as local governments move to help immigrations caught up in the raids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025

But now parts of Los Angeles have erupted in protests after immigrations officers intensified their raids at workplaces.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

“That has changed the culture of U.S. immigrations agencies.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

Beck-Mewing said rents were rebounding after many property owners dropped rents during COVID, and will likely to continue to increase in 2023 due to increased rental demand after immigrations allowances were raised by almost one-third.

From Reuters ● Dec. 19, 2022

Perhaps, if we substitute the middle of the fourth, instead of the middle of the fifth century, as the epoch of the Germanic immigrations into Britain, we shall not be far from the truth.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham


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