| A | B |
| destination | final place you are going or traveling to |
| ethnic (adj.) | group of people with common culture, heritage or nationality, e.g., American, Mexican, Chinese |
| voluntary immigration | people move to another country of their own free will |
| involuntary immigration | people are moved to another country but not of their own free will, e.g., African slaves |
| immigration (noun) | the act of moving to another country to live |
| immigrant (noun/person) | a person who moves to another country to live |
| migrant worker | a person who travels from place to place to temporarily live and work there |
| imposed | law law, tax, quota, or other burden set by an authority, usually the government, e.g., the British imposed taxes on tea in the New World |
| indentured (adj.) servant | contract binding a person to work for another for a period of time |
| influx (noun) | a large, continuous arrival of a group of people or things |
| native | belonging to a country or place by birth, to be a native of Mexico |
| persecution | cruel oppression or harassment, especially because of religion, politics or race |
| quota | set number that limits amount of something or people; to serve as a target such as a sales quota |
| waves (noun) of immigrants | large amounts of people coming into a place |