Below you will find example sentences with "legal immigration". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Legal Immigration in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: immigration
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "legal immigration" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as transforming the legal immigration system to, 000 new legal immigration spots per, system, border and visas stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with legal proceedings, legal aid, legal services, immigration system, immigration minister and immigration laws, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with legal immigration
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
The issue (as I see it) is legal immigration and illegal immigration. (12 words)
On immigration, Jones said he is against sanctuary counties, and for legal immigration. (13 words)
In this case, the Biden administration created a new pathway for legal immigration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. (19 words)
There was no reference to legal status for undocumented people already in the U.S. The closest the bill came to including a traditional liberal demand would be a provision for 50,000 new legal immigration spots per year over five years. (42 words)
Because it’s going to make the country safer, make the border more secure, treat people more humanely and fairly, and make legal immigration more efficient and consistent with the values of our nation and our international treaty obligations. (39 words)
But Trump has frequently sought to tie his immigration priorities -- a border wall and transforming the legal immigration system to one that prioritizes merit over familial ties -- to legislation around which he perceives momentum to be building. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A family-based immigration visa is the most popular, with the National Immigration Forum citing 65% of legal immigration being through family visas.
Mr. Trump and the architect of his immigration policies, Stephen Miller, have used that power as part of their overall assault on the nation’s legal immigration system.
But Trump has frequently sought to tie his immigration priorities -- a border wall and transforming the legal immigration system to one that prioritizes merit over familial ties -- to legislation around which he perceives momentum to be building.
It seems as if many of these people that take umbrage at the prospects of legal immigration believe that the immigration rules of 2019 are the same as they were in 1819.
On immigration, Jones said he is against sanctuary counties, and for legal immigration.
The effect of this new rule will be to limit legal immigration, move immigration approvals away from the poor and lean towards approving only wealthier immigrants.
Trump has frequently sought to tie his immigration priorities — a border wall and transforming the legal immigration system to one that prioritises merit over familial ties — to legislation around which he perceives momentum to be building.
Trump’s most recent immigration proposal would revamp the current legal immigration system, which currently prioritizes immigrants with family ties to the US.
As a sovereign nation, America should both encourage legal immigration by reforming the system but also deal with illegal immigration and border security.
The issue (as I see it) is legal immigration and illegal immigration.
Trump has said any immigration deal must also include changes to programs for legal immigration that would assess applicants on their skills, rather than their country of origin or ties to U.S. residents.
There was no reference to legal status for undocumented people already in the U.S. The closest the bill came to including a traditional liberal demand would be a provision for 50,000 new legal immigration spots per year over five years.
It involves securing the border, reforming legal immigration and worker visas, mandatory e-verify, and creating a process for undocumented immigrants to obtain legal status.
If you have any questions about visas, nonimmigrant visas, and immigrant visas as well as questions about the legal immigration process, please contact our law offices and arrange a short-term appointment.
The GOP has made inroads with Latino communities in recent years, and while Republican voters from those communities support tougher border enforcement, Latino Republicans also want to see an increase in legal immigration.
A Fox News poll of 1,007 voters in December showed that 55 percent of GOP voters — and 37 percent of all swing voters — believe legal immigration hurts the United States.
Because it’s going to make the country safer, make the border more secure, treat people more humanely and fairly, and make legal immigration more efficient and consistent with the values of our nation and our international treaty obligations.
But nobody’s talking about the process of legal immigration and how we’re going to bring the people back to the area.
Instead, they pressed for amnesty and an increase in legal immigration in a series of failed attempts to reform the system.
In this case, the Biden administration created a new pathway for legal immigration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.