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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
Some more conservative members of the Democratic Party are taking this as an opportunity to punch out at their left-leaning colleagues: Rahm Emanuel, speaking to Puck News, diagnosed the issue with Democrats as a lack of comfort in using the term “illegal alien,” a culture war fight 20 years settled.
Or are we sure about that unwillingness to say “illegal alien”?
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.
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