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California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States.
Gary Miller

Meaning of "illegal alien" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILLEGAL ALIEN

illegal alien  [ɪˈliːɡəl ˈeɪlɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILLEGAL ALIEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Illegal alien is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ILLEGAL ALIEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of illegal alien in the English dictionary

The definition of illegal alien in the dictionary is a person who has entered or attempted to enter a country illegally.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILLEGAL ALIEN


antialien
ˌæntɪˈeɪlɪən
antithalian
ˌæntɪˈθeɪlɪən
Australian
ɒˈstreɪlɪən
bacchanalian
ˌbækəˈneɪlɪən
Castalian
kæˈsteɪlɪən
Daedalian
dɪˈdeɪlɪən
Deucalion
djuːˈkeɪlɪən
episcopalian
ɪˌpɪskəˈpeɪlɪən
Hegelian
hɪˈɡeɪlɪən
Lupercalian
ˌluːpəˈkeɪlɪən
mammalian
mæˈmeɪlɪən
marsupialian
mɑːˌsjuːpɪˈeɪlɪən
ordalian
ɔːˈdeɪlɪən
Pygmalion
pɪɡˈmeɪlɪən
Salian
ˈseɪlɪən
saturnalian
ˌsætəˈneɪlɪən
sesquipedalian
ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən
Thessalian
θɛˈseɪlɪən
vocalion
vəʊˈkeɪlɪən
Westphalian
wɛstˈfeɪlɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILLEGAL ALIEN

illative
illatively
Illawarra
Ille-et-Vilaine
illegal
illegal immigrant
illegalisation
illegalise
illegality
illegalization
illegalize
illegally
illegibility
illegible
illegibleness
illegibly
illegitimacy
illegitimate
illegitimately
illegitimateness

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILLEGAL ALIEN

alien
bien
Cap-Haitien
Damien
Darien
enemy alien
Hsin-hai-lien
lien
mien
Nigerien
O´Brien
Saghalien
Schlesien
sien
Sinhailien
Skien
Talien
Tolkien
vaurien
Wien

Synonyms and antonyms of illegal alien in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «illegal alien» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILLEGAL ALIEN

Find out the translation of illegal alien to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of illegal alien from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «illegal alien» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

非法移民
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extranjero ilegal
570 millions of speakers

English

illegal alien
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवैध विदेशी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أجنبي غير شرعي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нелегал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imigrante ilegal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবৈধ পরক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étranger en situation irrégulière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alien haram
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

illegal Alien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不法在留外国人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불법 체류자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ilegal asing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người nước ngoài bất hợp pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டவிரோத அன்னியர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेकायदेशीर उपरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yasadışı uzaylı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clandestino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nielegalnym imigrantem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нелегал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

străin ilegal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράνομος αλλοδαπός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onwettige uitheemse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

illegal invandrare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulovlig fremmed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of illegal alien

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLEGAL ALIEN»

The term «illegal alien» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.878 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLEGAL ALIEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «illegal alien» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «illegal alien» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about illegal alien

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4 QUOTES WITH «ILLEGAL ALIEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word illegal alien.
1
Mo Brooks
I would expect illegal alien parents to take care of their children. If it means the kids go back home with them, that's what happens. If it means there are legal relatives in the United States that can take care of them, that can happen to. But I believe it's the parents responsibility to take care of the kids.
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Gary Miller
California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States.
3
Russell Pearce
The murder of Robert Krentz - whose family had been ranching in Arizona since 1907 - by illegal alien drug dealers was the final straw for many Arizonans. But there are dozens and dozens of other citizens of our state who had been murdered by illegal aliens. Currently 95 illegal aliens are in Maricopa County jail for murder.
4
Bill Shuster
We need to enact a strong standard that will stop a terrorist or illegal alien from getting a driver's license because border security is a major concern in a post-September 11th world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILLEGAL ALIEN»

Discover the use of illegal alien in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to illegal alien and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Illegal, Alien, or Immigrant: The Politics of Immigration Reform
In Illegal, Alien, or Immigrant, Lina Newton carefully dissects the political debates over contemporary immigration reform.
Lina Newton, 2008
2
Illegal alien
Although the intelligent visitors of the Tosok race are initially welcomed by all when their ship is disabled and lands on Earth, people's feelings for the Tosoks take a sudden turn for the worse when a human scientist is found dead.
Robert J. Sawyer, 1997
3
Operation Gatekeeper: The Rise of the "illegal Alien" and ...
Provides an immensely readable account of what has become an increasingly central concern for developed nations: keeping third world immigrants out.
Joseph Nevins, 2002
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Removals Involving Illegal Alien Parents of United States ...
The U.S. conducted 2,199,138 alien removals between FY's 1998 and 2007. These removals involved 108,434 parents of U.S. citizen children. Illustrations.
Richard L. Skinner, 2009
5
Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern ...
This book traces the origins of the “illegal alien” in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy—a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about ...
Mae M. Ngai, 2014
6
Mexican Illegal Alien Workers in the United States
FOREWORD The Institute of Industrial Relations is pleased to offer Mexican Illegal Alien Workers in the United States as the twentieth volume in its Monograph Series. Walter A. Fogel, the author of this work, is Professor of Industrial Relations ...
7
Illegal alien schoolchildren issues in estimating ...
June 2004 ILLEGAL ALIEN SCHOOLCHILDREN Issues in Estimating State-by- State Costs Highlights of GAO-04-733, a report to the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives In 1982 the Supreme Court ruled that  ...
8
The Illegal Alien: A Dagger Into the Heart of America??
"With impeccable logic, Raoul Lowery Contreras demolishes the drivel emanating from anti-immigration fanatics - the "knuckle-dragging element within the Republican Party," as he puts it.
Raoul Lowery Contreras, Andrea Alessandra Cabello, Sohaib Raihan, 2004
9
American Studies in a Moment of Danger
Yolanda Lopez accomplishes this by subverting and inverting a cluster of nationalist and nativist American icons in her compelling Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim? Through a poster designed to defend undocumented immigrants from the ...
George Lipsitz, 2001
10
Criminal Law
In some cases, immigration officials may simply transport the illegal alien to a border and release that person without formal prosecution. The following chart shows some of the various crimes that can be charged for immigration offenses, ...
Thomas Gardner, Terry Anderson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILLEGAL ALIEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term illegal alien is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeb Bush Admits Illegal Alien Crime 'Legitimate' Concern - Breitbart
Jeb Bush Admits Illegal Alien Crime 'Legitimate' Concern as Donald Trump Surges Past Him in 2016 Polls. 0. illegal alien crime. by Matthew ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
2
John Walsh: Illegal Alien Sex Offenders Not Required to Register
Victims' rights advocate John Walsh is calling for illegal immigrants to be added to the national sex offender registry just as American citizens ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
3
Death by illegal alien deterrent: End Georgia Sanctuary Counties
A reminder: On July 1, 2015 an illegal alien who had been deported five times killed a 32-year-old American woman, Kate Steinle, in San ... «Marietta Daily Journal, Jul 15»
4
Watch: Trump Just Made A Massive Claim That Sounds Absurd At …
And whether the illegal ALIEN is hardworking, religious, conservative, conscientious, criminal, terrorist, or whatnot, they are still ILLEGAL. «Western Journalism, Jul 15»
5
Illegal Alien, Convicted Cartel Kidnapper Charged in Texas Double …
McALLEN, Texas—A previously convicted cartel kidnapper and illegal alien has been charged in connection with a double execution in Texas ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
6
Mushroom grower faces charges in Tangi Parish illegal alien
A Pennsylvania company pleaded guilty Tuesday to "harboring'' illegal aliens at a north shore farm, the U.S. Attorney's office in New Orleans ... «KPLC-TV, Jul 15»
7
Mexican Illegal Alien Arrested for Allegedly Raping 13-Year-Old
On Thursday, Michigan police arrested a Mexican illegal alien, 23-year-old Aurelio Hernandez-Gomez, after finding him with a 13-year-old ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
8
Report: More than 8000 illegal alien criminals released by sanctuary …
Report: More than 8,000 illegal alien criminals released by sanctuary cities in 8 months. By Rick Moran. A report by the Center for Immigration ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
9
FBI Pursues Illegal Alien Criminals, Three on Most-Wanted List
Anyone familiar with the ongoing problem of illegal alien crime knows that the July 1 murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco by a Mexican drug ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
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Watch: Father Of Son Tragically Murdered By Illegal Alien Just Made …
Shaw explained that support in the black community is much broader than just among those immediately affected by illegal immigration. «Western Journalism, Jul 15»

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