Settlers

Refugees

Smuggle

Seasonal employee

Overstay

Asylum seekers

Persecution

Dreary routine

Pine for their old life

Close-knit

Grieve

Dream of pastures new

My heart is "somewhere"

newcomer

Treat with disdain

Turn a blind eye

influx of immigrants
flood of immigrants

Forced migration

Receiving country

armed warfare

refugee claim

border control

self-reliant

ordered removed

undocumented immigrant

strike a chord

between the devil and the deep blue sea

To put a positive spin on this terrible issue

follow suit

wreak havoc

sidestep taxes

put the kibosh on

a red herring

Day in day out

drifting

thriving society

grab at straws

hold green cards

to add insult to injury

keep their citizens at bay

trump card

with contempt

put our finger on the sore spot

easier said than done

As a rule of thumb

There is too much buzz

In light of

wage a war

ensue

the bulk of

hinder

strive for