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- noun Multiple emigrants residing illegally in a country.
- noun Plural form of
illegal .
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Examples
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They are called fugitives generally, illegals is short for illegal immigrants.
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They are called fugitives generally, illegals is short for illegal immigrants.
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Low IQ and anti-libertarianism coupled with over average fecundity among the illegals is a reason to fight to keep more out.
A Childish Question About Immigration, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And yet there's 7,000 what you call illegals in our military right now fighting this war, and they're doing it to earn their citizenship.
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The candidates threw around the word "illegals" liberally, but softened their tone when a Latino man stood to ask the candidates how they would appeal to Latino voters -- perhaps reminding them that they were in a state with the 12th largest Latino population in the country.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The candidates threw around the word "illegals" liberally, but softened their tone when a Latino man stood to ask the candidates how they would appeal to Latino voters -- perhaps reminding them that they were in a state with the 12th largest Latino population in the country.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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No draft or proposed bill results in "illegals" being covered.
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Before that, America actually cheered on "illegals" invading a sovereign land: the Jews who tried to illegally enter the British Mandate for Palestine before the establishment of Israel were called "illegals" by the press, and there was even a 1948 documentary called The Illegals based on the subject.
Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: "Illegals" and The "N-Word" Gustavo Arellano 2011
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One can pretend that the work of illegals is worth vastly more than the market offers, but that dishonestly leaves out of account the increased desirability of the jobs, and the lower demand for that labor, which would obtain if we did raise the pay as the attempted revaluation of that labor's value suggests.
Trading or Sharing?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The increase of aggression on the net taxpayer through waiving-in of low-quality immigrants, especially the illegals, is a monstrously treacherous betrayal, which the people are becoming ever more irate over.
Trading or Sharing?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
kewpid commented on the word illegals
A gorgeous* way of referring to asylum seekers and refugees
October 30, 2007