"border jumper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: border jumpers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} border jumper (plural border jumpers)
  1. (US, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An undocumented immigrant (typically Hispanic) in the United States. Tags: US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-border_jumper-en-noun-44-Wa1K2 Categories (other): American English, English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (US, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An undocumented immigrant (typically Hispanic) in the United States.
    (US, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, by extension) Any Hispanic person.
    Tags: US, broadly, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-border_jumper-en-noun-iL06R0xC Categories (other): American English, English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

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