What does "undocumented immigrant" mean?

An immigrant who has entered a country (often as a migrant worker) and has no documentation authorizing them to (still) be present there.

Undocumented immigrant

Common synonyms include: descriptive modifier, illegal immigrant, illegals, unauthorized immigrant, undocumented individual, undocumented person.

noun

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Noun

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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."

"All the research studies found a very low rate of social service utilization by undocumented immigrants."