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illegal alien
[ ih-lee-guhl eyl-yuhn, ey-lee-uhn ]
noun
- a foreigner who has entered or resides in a country unlawfully or without the country's authorization.
- a foreigner who enters the U.S. without an entry or immigrant visa, especially a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or who overstays the period of time allowed as a visitor, tourist, or businessperson.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of illegal alien1
Example Sentences
If you are an “illegal alien” you are told to “end survey immediately.”
After reporters informed him that the Haitians in Springfield were here legally, he responded by telling them, “I’m still gonna call them an illegal alien,” unconsciously echoing Karl Lueger, the notorious antisemitic Mayor of Vienna around the turn of the twentieth century, who famously declared, “I decide who’s a Jew.”
"I'm still gonna call them an illegal alien," the Ohio Senator said.
The far-right has previously been quick to falsely blame tragedies on trans individuals, including Arizona Congressperson Paul Gosar’s 2022 lie that the Uvalde shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien.”
“The only person that was better off today than they were four years ago is an illegal alien,” Republican candidate Hung Cao, a 25-year Navy veteran who served in combat zones, told The Associated Press.
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