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Moving to a place (especially to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there); The body of people from other countries arriving during a specified interval.

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  • immigration is reshaping America more profoundly than America's influence around the world.
  • The increased immigration strengthened the colony
  • LawWatch "Say goodnight, mayor: Cresitello still pushing bad policy on immigration" http://tinyurl. com/yhdnvw7 #immigration
  • American immigration from http://bit. ly/6dybXT LawWatch "USCIS to grant parole for 4 groups" http://tinyurl. com/yap48a2 #immigration
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