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An immigrant who has entered a country in an unauthorized manner (often as a migrant worker) and has no documentation
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undocumented immigrant — A foreign born person who lacks a right to be in the United States, having either entered without inspection (and not subsequently obtained any right to remain) or stayed beyond the expiration date of a visa or other status. Category: Immigration … Law dictionary
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immigrant — im‧mi‧grant [ˈɪmgrənt] noun [countable] someone who comes from abroad to live permanently in another country: • The country has a large immigrant population. compare emigrant * * * immigrant UK US /ˈɪmɪgrənt/ noun [C] ► a person who has come to… … Financial and business terms
immigrant — [n] person from a foreign land adoptive citizen, alien, colonist, documented alien, foreigner, incomer, migrant, naturalized citizen, newcomer, outsider, pioneer, settler, undocumented alien; concept 413 Ant. local, national, native … New thesaurus
immigrant — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ illegal ▪ undocumented (esp. AmE) ▪ the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in California ▪ legal ▪ the number of legal immigrants to the US … Collocations dictionary
undocumented — adj. Undocumented is used with these nouns: ↑alien, ↑immigrant, ↑immigration, ↑migrant, ↑worker … Collocations dictionary
illegal immigrant — n. A foreign national present in a country without legal permission to be there. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. illegal immigrant an i … Law dictionary
illegal immigrant — noun Someone who has immigrated into a country by bypassing customs and immigration controls. Syn: undocumented immigrant … Wiktionary
Illegal immigrant population of the United States — The actual size and the origin of the illegal immigrant population in the United States is uncertain and hard to ascertain because of difficulty in accurately counting individuals in this population. National surveys, administrative data and… … Wikipedia
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles — The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) is an American political advocacy organization. Contents 1 History 2 Organization 3 Activities 4 References … Wikipedia
