Immigration

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  1. 7. A person who has been forced to leave their country because of war, persecution, or natural disaster.
  2. 8. A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses or illegal acts, such as residing in a country without legal permission.
  3. 9. Fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers.
  4. 11. Pot: A metaphor describing a society where different immigrant groups blend together, often losing their original cultures.
  5. 12. (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals): A United States immigration policy that allows some individuals who entered the country as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit.
  6. 15. The process by which a person or group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group.
  7. 16. Immigrants: The wave of immigrants who arrived primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe, notably between the 1880s and the early 1920s.
  8. 17. Immigrants: The wave of immigrants who arrived in the United States primarily from Northern and Western Europe between the early 19th century and the 1880s.
  9. 18. Factors: Reasons why people leave their home country, such as poverty, war, or lack of opportunity.
  10. 19. Factors: Reasons why people are attracted to a new country, such as economic opportunities, freedom, or better living conditions.
  11. 20. Camp: A temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations.
  12. 22. Bowl: A metaphor describing a society where different immigrant groups live side by side, retaining their distinct cultures while contributing to the larger society.
  13. 23. The movement of people from one place to another, especially across country borders.
  14. 24. An official document issued by a country allowing a foreigner to enter, travel within, or leave that country.
  15. 25. Act of 1965: Abolished the discriminatory national origins quota system and established a preference system prioritizing family reunification and skilled labor, fundamentally changing US immigration policy.
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  1. 1. A fixed number or amount of something permitted, such as the number of immigrants allowed into a country.
  2. 2. Patrol: A federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing the borders of the United States.
  3. 3. Card: A document that allows a foreign national to live and work permanently in the United States.
  4. 4. The act of forcibly removing a person from a country.
  5. 5. A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
  6. 6. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee.
  7. 10. The state of being a citizen of a particular country.
  8. 13. The legal process by which a foreign citizen can become a citizen of a country.
  9. 14. Immigrant: A person who has entered or remains in a country without legal authorization.
  10. 21. The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another.