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Noun
undocumented immigrant (plural undocumented immigrants)
- 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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