The "migrant" bill

[Joel S. Berson]

"Senate Leaders Agree to Revive Migrant Bill".

"Inside" headline, NYTimes, June 15, New England Final, A1.  (The
inside headline, on page A17, uses "immigration".)

While one sense of "migrate" -- "2. a. intr. Of persons, a tribe,
etc.: To move from one place of abode to another; esp. to leave one's
country to settle in another; to remove to another country, town,
college, etc." -- might allow this, it is less than exact.  For
example, the proposal does not (I trust!) limit the right of U.S.
citizens to leave their country.

Joel

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