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 Board of Supervisors

   3 more examples

   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

   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 from the original on 09 Mar 2025

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