Here’s a quick explainer to help you better understand the nuances between the two words.
that the term immigrant “implies movement leading to at least somewhat permanent settlement in a new country, putting down roots in the new place.”available to noncitizens wishing to enter the U.S.: immigrant and nonimmigrant. An immigrant visa is available to those “wishing to live permanently in the U.S.,” while the nonimmigrant visa is meant for people with “permanent residence outside the U.S., but wishes to be in the U.S. on a temporary basis.
Another distinction between the terms “migrant” and “immigrant” could be between the “outward-bound vs. inward-bound” viewpoint of the specific terms, he says. “The term ‘migrant’ focuses on the act of leaving one’s country. The term ‘immigrant’ focuses on the act of settling in the receiving country,” Teixeira says., many people use the terms interchangeably.
Using “migrant” in this way has led to the term carrying a “sinister, despective connotation,” Teixeira says. “The term seems to be used, in such contexts, to undermine the permanence of the individual’s life in the receiving country, and to play down any claim of, for instance, asylum, as there is increasingly an implication that ‘migrants’ tend to be economic migrants — and therefore only moving for work opportunities.
Teixeira says immigration lawyers in the U.S. typically focus on whether a person has “lawful permanent-resident status” as opposed to asking if they are an immigrant. He also states that immigration lawyers in the U.S. normally don’t use the term “migrant” in an effort to avoid the “negative tone the term ‘migrant’ now carries.”A migrant can be an immigrant, assuming a migrant’s temporary stay in the country becomes permanent.
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