Illegal immigration
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Illegal immigrationis the migration of people into a country in violation of the immigration laws of that country or the continued residence without the legal right to live in that country. Anillegal immigrantis animmigrantwho lives in a country without permission or in a way that is not allowed, or illegal. Millions of people around the world live in another country against the laws of that country.
Many of these peoplemigrateto a country in secret. Many others come to the country legally as a visitor, then stay in the country when they should legally going home. Some work illegally and live in bad conditions. They usually move for similar reasons as other immigrants, but they do not legally have the right to be there.
In the United States
[change|change source]Thousands of immigrants illegally enter theUnited Stateseach year, many crossingthe Mexican border.In general, they are opposed by theRepublicanParty, which generally wishes todeportthem, while in generalDemocratswant to help give illegal immigrants legal status. In 2016,Donald Trumpran on a bid to build a wall on the Mexican-American border to prevent further illegal immigration. He became president in 2017, but the building of the border barrier was halted in 2021 whenJoe Bidenreplaced Trump as president.