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undocumented immigrant

undocumented immigrant noun: an immigrant who has entered a country (often as a migrant worker) and has no documentation authorizing them to (still) be present there.

Noun

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.
    • All the research studies found a very low rate of social service utilization by undocumented immigrants.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...
    • Rulings that ensure from these cases apply to varying degrees to undocumented immigrant students as well as to legal immigrant students.1989, John Willshire Carrera, Educating Undocumented Children: A Review of Practices and Policies (an ERIC/CRESS Trends and Issues Paper), page 32

Examples of undocumented immigrant in a sentence

  • 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, 1983.2001, South African Law Commission, Review of the Child Care Act, page 1123:
  • In the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, ICE agents arrested Walter Valladares, a 53-year-old undocumented immigrant from Honduras, according to family members who spoke with CNN.2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez, Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN, archived...

Synonyms of undocumented immigrant

Forms of undocumented immigrant

pluralundocumented immigrants

Questions about undocumented immigrant

What does undocumented immigrant mean?
Undocumented immigrant means an immigrant who has entered a country (often as a migrant worker) and has no documentation authorizing them to (still) be present there.
How do you use undocumented immigrant in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is undocumented immigrant?
Undocumented immigrant is a noun.
What is the plural of undocumented immigrant?
The plural of undocumented immigrant is undocumented immigrants.

Words near undocumented immigrant in the dictionary

  1. undocumentably
  2. undocumentary
  3. undocumented
  4. undocumented alien
  5. undocumented aliens
  6. undocumented immigrant
  7. undocumented immigrants
  8. undocumented worker
  9. undocumented workers
  10. undocumentedly
  11. undocumentedness

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