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The phrase "illegal immigrant" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used to refer to a person who has entered a country without permission or who has overstayed a visa. For example, "The mayor proposed tougher border security to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country."
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illegal immigrant
noun
Someone who has immigrated into a country by bypassing customs and immigration controls.
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Carlo Albán: illegal immigrant.
Subhead: "Illegal Immigrant Got Free Romneycare".
He was also an illegal immigrant.
When illegal immigrant youths arrive.
He was not an illegal immigrant.
In other words, to an illegal immigrant.
Graph tracks illegal immigrant population since 1992.
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"No, we're anti-illegal immigrant".
Some carry the secret of their illegal-immigrant parents.
d) Illegal-immigrant voters who've organized themselves into gangs.
Dubrinsky was being tarred as an illegal-immigrant lover.
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