immigrant, emigrant

Immigrant or immigrant means someone who has moved to a country from a foreign place--
I didn't know she was an immigrant; how long has she been here?
He is an immigrant from Cuba. He goes to night school to learn English.
Immigrant is also used as an adjective, to describe something done by or for people who have moved to a country from a foreign place--
A hundred years ago, it was easy to find work for immigrant labor.

Emigrant or emigrant means someone who has left his or her country to go to a foreign place--
The young emigrant was often homesick.
The emigrant planned to move to Canada, but came to the United States instead.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The emigrant from England became an immigrant in America."

Note--"Immigrate" means to settle in a foreign country or place--
The naturalization authorities refused him permission to immigrate to the United States.
Immigrate is a verb, with all of the usual verb forms--
I immigrate; you immigrate; he immigrates; we immigrate. Everyone is immigrating. Yesterday they immigrated. Tomorrow they will immigrate.

Note # 2--"Emigrate" means to move from one's home to a foreign country or place--
The family plans to emigrate from Mexico, because they can't find employment there.
Emigrate is a verb, with all of the usual verb forms--
I emigrate; you emigrate; he emigrates; we emigrate. Everyone is emigrating. Yesterday we emigrated. Tomorrow we will emigrate.

Note # 3--"Immigration" is a noun ( thing or idea ), meaning the process of entering a country from a foreign place; or foreigners entering a country to settle, in general terms--
Congress is talking about immigration reform.
"Emigration" is a noun ( thing or idea ), meaning the process of leaving a country to go to a foreign place, or citizens leaving their country to settle elsewhere, in general--
Ireland lost much of its population to emigration in the 19th century.