Vocab Log: Immigration

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  1. porous
    full of holes
  2. sovereignty
    the authority of a state to govern another state
  3. trespass
    enter unlawfully on someone's property
  4. deportation
    the expulsion of a non-citizen from a country
  5. deport
    expel from a country
  6. ineffectual
    not producing an intended consequence
  7. detain
    cause to be slowed down or delayed
  8. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  9. sanction
    official permission or approval
  10. amnesty
    a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  11. felony
    a serious crime, such as murder or arson
  12. influx
    the process of flowing in
  13. demographic
    a statistic characterizing human populations
  14. vigilante
    a person who takes the law into his or her own hands
  15. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  16. sieve
    a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material
  17. deter
    turn away from as by fear or persuasion
  18. enforce
    compel to behave in a certain way
  19. restrict
    limit access to
  20. restriction
    an act of limiting
Created on Sat Oct 26 23:45:16 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Oct 27 20:38:14 EDT 2013)

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