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chain migration

[ cheyn mahy-grey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. 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.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of chain migration1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Trump has criticized this so-called “chain migration” — immigrants applying to have their relatives follow them into the country.

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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.

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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.

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Terms like “chain migration” depict immigrants as a burden.

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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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