Meaning of undocumented immigrant | Babel Free
Definitions
An immigrant who has entered a country (often as a migrant worker) and has no documentation authorizing them to (still) be present there.
Equivalents
Español
inmigrante indocumentado
Français
sans-papiers
Examples
“All the research studies found a very low rate of social service utilization by undocumented immigrants.”
“Rulings that ensure from these cases apply to varying degrees to undocumented immigrant students as well as to legal immigrant students.”
“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.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.