undocumented immigrant

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undocumented immigrant (plural undocumented immigrants)

  1. An immigrant who has entered a country (often as a migrant worker) and has no documentation authorizing them to (still) be present there.
    Synonyms: (US) undocumented alien, (Australia) unlawful non-citizen, (sometimes offensive) illegal alien, (sometimes offensive) illegal immigrant, (offensive) illegal, (offensive) crimmigrant
    • 1978, Orange County (Calif.). Task Force on Medical Care for Illegal Aliens, The Economic Impact of Undocumented Immigrants on Public Health Services in Orange County: Final Report Presented to the Board of Supervisors:
      All the research studies found a very low rate of social service utilization by undocumented immigrants.
    • 1989, John Willshire Carrera, Educating Undocumented Children: A Review of Practices and Policies (an ERIC/CRESS Trends and Issues Paper), page 32:
      Rulings that ensure from these cases apply to varying degrees to undocumented immigrant students as well as to legal immigrant students.
    • 2001, South African Law Commission, Review of the Child Care Act, page 1123:
      However, an accompanied undocumented immigrant child should not be removed from his or her family , unless there are grounds for removal in terms of section 14(4) of the Child Care Act, 1983.

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