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Illegal immigration


  • Here are entered works on the act of permanently or temporarily relocating across national borders without complying with the legal requirements of the destination country. When this heading is assigned to works on persons who immigrate illegally, the heading [Noncitizens] is also assigned.
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  • Variants

    • Children of illegal aliens
    • Illegal alien children
    • Illegal aliens
    • Irregular migration
    • Unauthorized immigration
    • Undocumented immigration
    • Women illegal aliens
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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Children of illegal aliens
    • Illegal alien children
    • Illegal aliens
    • Women illegal aliens
  • Sources

    • found: Work cat: 2014024584: Gonzales, Alberto R. A conservative and compassionate approach to immigration reform, 2014:Table of Contents (The known and unknown challenges of unauthorized immigration)
    • found: 2013024147: Constructing immigrant "illegality", 2014Table of Contents (Challenging laws: faith-based engagement with unauthorized immigration)
    • found: 2011007499: Living "illegal" : the human face of unauthorized immigration, c2011
    • found: Krogstad, J.M and Passel, J.S. 5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S. via Pew Research Center Factank, viewed Apr. 4, 2016
    • found: Annual review of sociology, v. 21, 1995 via JSTOR, viewed Apr. 4, 2016(Espenshade, T.J. Unauthorized immigration to the United States; undocumented immigration)
    • found: Work cat.: 2007017970: Illegal immigration, 2007:eCIP data sheet (Illegal immigrants)
    • found: Irregular migration, trafficking and smuggling of human beings, 2016:(Work refers to illegal immigration in the European Union solely as "irregular migration", and undocumented migrants as "irregular migrants") (DLC)2017437467
    • found: International Organization for Migration. "International Migration Law: Glossary on migration", viewed online 2021-04-12:("Irregular migration: Movement of persons that takes place outside the laws, regulations, or international agreements governing the entry into or exit from the State of origin, transit or destination)
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on the act of permanently or temporarily relocating across national borders without complying with the legal requirements of the destination country. When this heading is assigned to works on persons who immigrate illegally, the heading [Noncitizens] is also assigned.
  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Noncitizens; Children of noncitizens; Noncitizen children; Women noncitizens]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2016-04-04: new
    • 2021-11-23: revised
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