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immigration

[im-i-grey-shuhn] / ˌɪm ɪˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Sierra Leone has become the latest African country to receive migrants deported from the United States amid Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The spokesperson did not address questions regarding whether the raids were done in retaliation for the group’s monitoring of immigration raids.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The executive order would make a person’s immigration status an explicit part of a bank’s assessment of whether a customer poses a money-laundering risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

It notably restricts ICE at 26 Federal Plaza, where masked agents have routinely detained people attending immigration hearings, sometimes using heavy-handed tactics.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

European immigrants were also deemed poor candidates for slavery, not because of their race, but rather because they were in short supply and enslavement would, quite naturally, interfere with voluntary immigration to the new colonies.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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