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chain migration
[ cheyn mahy-grey-shuhn ]
noun
- a form of family immigration where one person is granted legal residency or citizenship to a country, and then petitions to bring their immediate or extended family into the country.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of chain migration1
Example Sentences
Trump has criticized this so-called “chain migration†— immigrants applying to have their relatives follow them into the country.
They were able to take advantage of the family reunification visa process that then-president Donald Trump had derided as "chain migration" that should be scrapped.
Many residents are also foreign-born, which tends to lead to movement called chain migration in which relatives join already settled family members in a new country.
Terms like “chain migration†depict immigrants as a burden.
From the 1950s, Indians and Pakistanis came to Leicester through so-called chain migration - via previous family members or villagers who were already settled in the city.
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