Immigration Glossary
Immigration is a complicated topic and there are many that can be confusing. We've created this glossary of immigration to help you understand the many different legal topics associated with immigration cases. Please browse the list below to see definitions of many common immigration . If you don't see the term listed that you're looking for, please use our Ask A Question form and we'll do our best to add the definition to our site.
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Immigration Law Glossary
- 1.5 generation
- Acculturation
- Adjustment of Status
- Alien
- Americanization
- Assimilation
- Asylee
- Asylum
- B-1 and B-2 Visa
- Bicultural
- Bilingual
- Bilingual education
- Board of Immigration Appeals
- Citizen
- Customs and Border Protection
- Department of Homeland Security
- Deportation
- Diversity Visa Lottery
- Employment Authorization Document (EAD)
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- English Language Learner
- English Only
- English Plus
- Family preference system
- First Generation Immigrant
- Foreign Born
- Gateway City
- Globalization
- Green Card
- Guest Worker
- H1-B Visa
- Human Capital
- Immigrant
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
- Inclusion
- Integration
- Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)
- Limited English Proficient (LED)
- Melting Pot
- Migrant
- Nativism
- Newcomer Program
- Non Immigrant
- Refoulement
- Refugee
- Second Generation American
- Sending Country
- Social Capital
- The 1951 Refugee Convention
- Transnational Migrants
- Undocumented immigrant
- Visa
- Visa Waiver Program
- Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL)
- Voluntary Departure
- Workforce Development
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