Sentence examples for immigration delay from inspiring English sources

*A previous version of this story attributed the coining of the term "immigration delay disease" to Eli Sprecher.

Peter Itin, a dermatologist at the University Hospital Basel in Switzerland, has dubbed it the "immigration delay disease" because sufferers have such a hard time entering foreign countries.

On his first visit to America, US immigration delayed him for hours for a different reason: an official had clipped a note with the word WEIRD on his passport.

Hayes and Harlington MP John McDonnell, whose constituency includes Heathrow, had called for the airport to be shut on Wednesday on safety grounds after its operator BAA warned of possible "gridlock" and 12-hour immigration delays.

Aviation expert Chris Yates says it is important to differentiate between the immigration delays that have developed in the UK over recent weeks - which he says is primarily a staffing issue - and the much longer-term public perception problem with what he calls the "theatre of security".

William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution, said the slowdown in immigration may delay the nation's transformation to a majority-minority society from 2042 to 2050 or beyond.

Many immigration judges delay and postpone hearings as they look for an attorney to represent children seeking asylum, Lofgren said.

The department of immigration has delayed for several months the public release of a key child protection review of Nauru, which was delivered to the department secretary, Mike Pezzullo, in July.

Immigration officials delayed the deportation on Wednesday after a group of Mr. Gomez's high school friends roused support in South Florida and then flew to Washington to pound on doors.

In a letter to the White House on Monday, more than 50 gay rights and immigrant advocacy groups asked President Obama to delay immigration cases involving Americans who are seeking legal residency visas, known as green cards, for their foreign-born spouses of the same sex until the Supreme Court issues a ruling on same-sex marriage next year.

While speculating whether or not the bombings in Boston were executed by an immigrant, some Republicans have expressed that the incident could delay immigration reform.