as in relocation
the act of moving or being moved out of one place and into another
The family spent months planning their migration to a new country.
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Issues of border security, migration policy and their intersection with domestic crime were all featured in the fierce debate leading up to Election Day — a focus Republicans said would give Herrell the edge.
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
Austin was the epicenter of a massive migration influx that saw millions of people move to Texas in the years of the pandemic.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
In a migration reversal, amid an uptick in violence among cartels in southern Chiapas state, some Mexicans are crossing south into Guatemala for safety, says Rafael Velasquez Garcia, IRC’s Mexico country director.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
Despite the Trump campaign’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, in a modern globalized world, migration is a fact of life and cannot be stopped.
—Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
Austin was the epicenter of a massive migration influx that saw millions of people move to Texas in the years of the pandemic.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
In a migration reversal, amid an uptick in violence among cartels in southern Chiapas state, some Mexicans are crossing south into Guatemala for safety, says Rafael Velasquez Garcia, IRC’s Mexico country director.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
Despite the Trump campaign’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, in a modern globalized world, migration is a fact of life and cannot be stopped.
—Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Migration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migration. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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