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undocumented immigrant

NOUN
illegal alien
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At another entrance, reporters clustered around New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat, the first formerly undocumented immigrant to serve in Congress.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Ramos is an undocumented immigrant from Honduras who was brought to the US as a child.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

For over a year, Elías Padilla had been saving up to make the journey from Honduras to the United States as an undocumented immigrant.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: Judge Dugan allegedly pointed an undocumented immigrant to a side door in her courtroom to evade ICE agents.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

While our friends were in on our address fraud, my sister and I preferred not to advertise our undocumented immigrant status to them.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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