illegal immigrant en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(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 endangers basic human rights including the presumption of innocence and the right to due process guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution,” the resolution states. / The resolution came in response to undocumented students who had “expressed their concerns and fear with the recent appointment of Janet Napolitano, former US Secretary of Homeland Security,” as the new University of California president.
2013 September 2, Katherine Timpf, “UCLA student government looks to ban term ‘illegal immigrant’”, in Campus Reform:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| illegal immigrants | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
illegal alien · immigrant · undocumented alien
Relateds
deportable(s) · illegal immigration
Synonyms
crimmigrant · undocumented immigrant · illegal
Translations (48)
hu illegális bevándorló (illegal immigrant) · nl illegaal (illegal immigrant) · ms pendatang haram (illegal immigrant) · sv illegal invandrare (illegal immigrant) · ko 불법 체류자 (illegal immigrant) · ca immigrant il·legal (illegal immigrant) · is ólöglegur innflytjandi (illegal immigrant) · el λαθρομετανάστης (illegal immigrant) · fr sans-papiers (illegal immigrant) · ja 不法入国者 (illegal immigrant) · yue II (aai¹ aai¹) (illegal immigrant) · fr immigrante illégale (illegal immigrant) · ru нелега́льная иммигра́нтка (illegal immigrant) · ru нелега́лка (illegal immigrant) · az qeyri-leqal mühacir (illegal immigrant) · hy ապօրինի ներգաղթյալ (illegal immigrant) · ka არალეგალური იმიგრანტი (illegal immigrant) · de illegale Einwandererin (illegal immigrant) · fr immigrant illégal (illegal immigrant) · it immigrato illegale (illegal immigrant) · fi laiton maahanmuuttaja (illegal immigrant) · ko 불체자 (illegal immigrant) · eo senpasportulo (illegal immigrant) · id imigran ilegal (illegal immigrant) · de Illegaler (illegal immigrant) · de illegaler Einwanderer (illegal immigrant) · de Sans-Papiers (illegal immigrant) · ru нелега́льный иммигра́нт (illegal immigrant) · nl sans-papiers (illegal immigrant) · ms pendatang asing tanpa izin (illegal immigrant) · cmn 黑民 (illegal immigrant) · ro imigrant ilegal (illegal immigrant) · es sin papeles (illegal immigrant) · ms pendatang tanpa izin (illegal immigrant) · it clandestino (illegal immigrant) · pt imigrante ilegal (illegal immigrant) · id pendatang gelap (illegal immigrant) · bg незако́нен имигра́нт (illegal immigrant) · ru нелега́л (illegal immigrant) · gl ilegal (illegal immigrant) · fr clandestin (illegal immigrant) · es inmigrante ilegal (illegal immigrant) · hy անօրինական ներգաղթյալ (illegal immigrant) · ka არალეგალი (illegal immigrant) · eo senpasportulino (illegal immigrant) · cmn 非法移民 (illegal immigrant) · pt ilegal (illegal immigrant) · es ilegal (illegal immigrant)