Shouldn't the sign at airport departure terminals be "emigration" and one at arrival terminals "immigration"
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"Immigration," in this context, is short for "The Office where the Immigration Department Officials are."  That is, it's the name of the department, not the direction in which you are headed.  But "arrivals" and "departures" is more accurate, since emigration and immigration generally refer to permanent, one-way movements.  \n\nHope I cleared this up.
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there are several reasons:\n\n1. to keep smuggling to a minimum\n2. to keep illegal immigration to a minimum\n3. to keep fugitives from escaping to other countries\n4. to keep terrorists out\n\nyou will notice that although these are very good reasons it is painfully obvious that the restrictions in international travel are not accomplishing the intended goals.
503108
your spellings suck..work on that before going to immigration office
710242
They look like the legal documentation an immigrant needs, but I do not understand your question.
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Yes, they do have one. Most likely they never see it though; their press secretaries or whoever travels with them at the time, has usually taken care of the whole trip in advance, along with whatever paperwork needs to be arranged.\n\nAlso, don't forget such high officials as the Prime Minister and the Queen will automatically have "Diplomatic Immunity" in most countries they visit.\nThis means, at a grass-roots level, that customs and airline officials won't even give their paperwork a second glance on arriving at the airport - they are just waved on through, while all the rest of us "shmoe's" have to line up & go through all the baggage-searching and passport-checking procedure and so on!
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Usually there are signs that read "entering (blank) city limits"
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Yes, but those organizations are breaking the laws against forgery.  There is a reason that word "illegal" goes in front of immigrant, because by entering the U.S. without permission you are breaking the law.
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This is like asking why do they call it a "building" when its already built :P \n\nTo try to answer this question, lets look at the definition of word "terminal" . One of the meanings of terminal is "Of, at, relating to, or forming a limit, boundary, extremity, or end. " So the word signifies the end of a delivery route (which is again a meaning of the noun form of the word)\n\nWell, an airport is then seen as an end point of a communication route. (an end point thats used as both start and end points of journeys). \n\nThough yes, in the spirit in which this question has been asked, flying has never been safe enough. I wish you safe and happy jouenys at all "terminals".
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That would be according to the mail client...Each uses a different symbol.
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You have a point.  The recent arguments about immigration have focused on the border with Mexico.  But immigration can come overland from Canada, as well.  Which means whatever security we really need at airports to prevent terrorists, we also realistically need at every part of every border.  Such a thorough system of electronic search and so on is obviously impractical.  Therefore, are we kidding ourselves that the extra manpower, expense and inconvenience at the airports is serving any useful purpose?  As the questioner points out, it probably never did make much difference, anyway; the original 9/11 gang did not come in through an airport.\n\nSo how do we combat terrorism if these measures are about guaranteed to be ineffective?  It has been said repeatedly that the intelligence community (the spies, if you will) knew a great deal about Osama bit Leaden (I don't use his real name on purpose) before 9/11/2001.  They warned their bosses, including the president, who played it his way.  You gotta wonder if he didn't like the idea of an excuse to put restrictive measures on airports and the various other compromises to our freedom we have accepted under the "homeland security" rubric.  (Love the tee shirt with a picture of several old Indian warriors!)  \n\nFolks, our borders are too long, and with modern transportation, too open to everyone and anyone, for us to even try to stem the flow.  Why not say come; I lift my lamp beside the golden door.  If you come in peace, and are willing to work hard to make your way here, come.  If you do not behave well, we will send you home.
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Which direction. Going south requires nothing. No ID, no car, no money. Going north requires a Coyote, money, a safe house, etc.\nI have previously lived illegally in Mexico for two years. I was never asked by anyone what my resident status was. I got a job in a Mexican hotel and rented a house and had all my utilities hooked up. Still no one asked me for any papers.
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Not too sure because rules are strict regarding immigration.\n\nBest way to find out : dial 211 : it is a free phone number to get answers like that.
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If a lot of the undocumented (illegal) workers were deported, there would be a slight dip in the house-construction market--until the workers could make it back across the border and report back to work.\n\nDocuments?  We don't need no stinking documents!
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hahaha that's funny. but your in the wrong section, you need to take this to jokes and riddles. this is immigration. but it was funny. thanks for the laugh.
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Emigration and immigration are both forms of migration. If you move out of a country, you have emigrated, and you are an emigrant. \n\nIf you move into a country, you have immigrated, and you are now an immigrant. \n\nEither way, or even if you move within the same country, you have migrated, and you are a migrant.\n\nSo if I migrated from the US to China, I will have emigrated from the US to become an immigrant in China. Just remember that the "e-" prefix means out and the "im-" prefix means in.
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No way Dude! The immigration issue is a firestorm right now! You cannot communicate well, you will be back on your way in no time!
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They are in other countries because,some people want to pass under the water,and even inside the bush to united states.So the government decided to put the immigration officer to every country connected to united states.And before you can come here,i mean to united states,you have to go to the immigration's office to obtain your passport and some other necessary document in order to come to united states.