undocumented immigrant

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undocumented immigrant

noun 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.

    Similar: undocumented alien, unlawful non-citizen, illegal alien, illegal immigrant, illegal, crimmigrant

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Españolinmigrante indocumentado
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@misc{undocumented_immigrant_2026,
  title = {undocumented immigrant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undocumented%20immigrant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}