immigration

(noun)

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

Related Terms

  • demographics
  • baby boomer

Examples of immigration in the following topics:

  • Environmental Management

    • The airline realized that they were suffering because travelers where making a conscience effort to avoid flying through Hong Kong due to long delays at immigration.
    • Cathay Pacific agreed to give the government an annual grant-in-aid so that more immigration inspectors could be hired.
  • The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

    • NAFTA also encourages more immigration from Mexico to the US.
  • Determining Segmentation Variable(s)

    • The stereotypical Texan, for example, is hard to find in Houston, where one-third of the population has immigrated from other states.
  • Demographics

    • More than half of the four million immigrants that located in the United States between 1990 and 1995 moved to California, Texas, or Florida.
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