illegal immigrant

Example Sentences

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Mr Musora, a Zimbabwean national, faces an additional charge under South Africa's Immigration Act over his status as an illegal immigrant.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Even if Kilmar Abrego Garcia is returned to the United States, he will be held as an illegal immigrant and can be deported again because he is member of a foreign criminal gang, they said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

It also means you need to be armed with your rights, whether you are a citizen, a legal resident or an illegal immigrant.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025

That’s why in the Southport case, and faced with an astonishing online rumour mill suggesting the suspect was an illegal immigrant, Merseyside Police clarified that the 17-year-old they’d arrested had been born in Cardiff.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

For me that statement is impossible to say because of one little reason: I am an illegal immigrant.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers