immigration control
Entry screening process
Immigration control is the enforcement of laws governing who may enter or remain in a country.
It encompasses border checkpoints, visa requirements, deportation procedures, and agencies that investigate unauthorized entry or overstayed permits.
The term appears in both neutral policy discussions and politically charged debates: Immigration control has become a central campaign issue.
- border patrolBoundary enforcement agency
- border wallStructure dividing adjacent territories
- detention centersPlaces confining people awaiting proceedings
- checkpointInspection station on route
- visa applicationRequest for travel authorization
asylum policy · deportation orders · border security · quota systems · chain migration · physical barriers · undocumented · catch and release · refugee · sanctuary city · coyote · customs inspections · Ellis Island · country of origin · international treaties · travel restrictions · work visas · family separation
- travel securityairport security, baggage screening, TSA, metal detectors, body scanners
- government powersexecutive power, judicial power, legislative power, war powers, police power
- biopoliticsbody politics, eugenics, reproductive rights, body autonomy, sterilization
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- barrierswalls, wall, fences, fence, barrier
- BrexitBrexit, leave, remain, no deal, backstop
immigration controlopen borders
Unregulated international passage
free movement · freedom of movement · visa-free travel · laissez-passer · amnesty
immigration controlamnesty
Group pardon from authorities
immigrant integration · refugee resettlement · regularization · family reunification · decontrol