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illegal immigrants

illegal immigrants is the plural of illegal immigrant.

Meaning of illegal immigrant

Noun

illegal immigrant (plural illegal immigrants)

  1. (offensive, sometimes) Someone who has immigrated into a country by bypassing customs and immigration controls.
    • The undergraduate student government at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling for the end of the use of the phrase “illegal immigrant,” saying it violates human rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. / “The racially derogatory I-word...2013 September 2, Katherine Timpf, “UCLA student government looks to ban term ‘illegal immigrant’”, in Campus Reform

Questions about illegal immigrants

What is illegal immigrants the plural of?
Illegal immigrants is the plural of illegal immigrant.

Words near illegal immigrants in the dictionary

  1. illegal combatant
  2. illegal combatants
  3. illegal forward kick
  4. illegal forward kicks
  5. illegal immigrant
  6. illegal immigrants
  7. illegal immigration
  8. illegal immigrations
  9. illegal number
  10. illegal numbers
  11. illegal prime

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