Crimmigration

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Illegal immigration. derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually

    "This use of membership theory places the law on the edge of a crimmigration crisis. Only the harshest elements of each area of law make their way into the criminalization of immigration law, and the apparatus of the state is used to expel from society those deemed criminally alien."

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"This use of membership theory places the law on the edge of a crimmigration crisis. Only the harshest elements of each area of law make their way into the criminalization of immigration law, and the apparatus of the state is used to expel from society those deemed criminally alien."

Etymology

Blend of criminal + immigration, with haplology. Coined by Juliet Stumpf in 2006.

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