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The United States is commonly seen as an immigrant nation, a melting pot where everyone is welcome to work hard and improve their condition. It's true that immigration has always been an important part of American life, but in reality the U.S. exercises strict control over who can lawfully enter it's borders. Several different tracks... more »
Most immigration lawyers assist U.S. citizens, foreign nationals and prospective visitors with issues related to visas, citizenship, and deportation. They often work with local and federal courts, as well as the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and Department of Homeland Security. more »
Immigration paralegals work with attorneys to draft documents, conduct research and prepare for trials involving citizenship, immigration, and naturalization matters. They may also be responsible for issuing subpoenas, preparing for trial and serving as a liaison between their clients and the Immigration and Naturalization Service... more »
Immigration lawyers work with foreign nationals, prospective immigrants and U.S. citizens. They help them resolve issues surrounding naturalization, immigration and dealings with foreign nations. They may work on cases involving international adoption, political asylum, expired work permits, and criminal cases involving foreign... more »
People are constantly in a state of movement. They move from apartment to apartment, house to house, or even from state to state. Many people also choose to uproot themselves from their home and move to a different country. There are many reasons for this, but regardless of why people move around, the fact is that immigration has been... more »
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Immigration lawyers deal with various aspects of United States citizenship, including admission and removal of immigrants, issues of people in the... more »
Immigration is vast, and very complex. There are literally hundreds of different laws and regulations. Because immigration attorneys deal with a... more »
As our country grows and immigration laws change, so does the job market for immigration lawyers. Becoming an immigration lawyer can be an... more »
Before you can become an immigration lawyer, you'll need to gain entry to and graduate from a law school. While most law schools have at least one... more »
Immigration lawyers provide immigrants with legal counsel surrounding a broad range of issues related to lawfully entering a country, being... more »
Immigration is the arrival of new individuals into a habitat or population. It is a biological concept and is important in population ecology, differentiated from emigration and migration.
Definition
The term "immigration" is usually used to mean international immigration. International migration has been split into two types by most governments, based on the UN: long and short term."unitednationsstatistics">
The United Nations considers a long term international migrant to be
It also considers a short term migrant to be
This specifically excludes "temporary travel abroad for purposes of recreation, holiday, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage"."unitednationsstatistics"/> The UN has also directly linked international immigration into one country with emigration from another.
The modern concept of immigration is related to the development of nation-states and nationality law and/or citizenship law. Citizenship in a nation-state confers an inalienable right of residence in that state, but residency of non-citizens is subject to conditions set by immigration law. The emergence of modern nation-states made immigration a political issue: by imagining its populations, in violation of multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-cultural realities on the ground, as homogenous blocks, constituting a nation defined by shared, single ethnicity, race and/or culture. Legal and political restrictions on the presence of foreigners is a highly controversial political theme because such restrictions are introduced and maintained by states whose citizens have had a major, sustained and deeply consequential presence in states other than their own (see: colonialism).
Legal immigrants are people who obtain legal status marked, at a minimum, by some form of residence permit that regulates the terms of their employment (see also expatriates). Some, but by no means all, foreign workers and expatriates seek an read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration
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