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18 Cards in this Set
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Citizens |
A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized. |
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Citizenship |
If you have citizenship in a country, you have the right to live there, work, vote, and pay taxes |
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Naturalized citizen |
One who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen of the United States Under the constitution and laws. |
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Native-born citizen |
People who are born in the United States of alien parents, who have never been naturalized. |
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14th amendment |
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons. |
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Naturalization process |
Is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. |
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Civils rights |
The rights of citizens to political and social
freedom and equality. |
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Immigrant
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A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
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Immigration
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A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
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Illegal immigration
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Illegal immigration is the migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. |
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Law of blood (jus sanguinis) |
Law the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents. |
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Law of soil (jan soli) |
Law the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the territory within which he was born. |
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Resident |
A person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis. |
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Alien |
Belonging to a foreign country or nation. |
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Resident Alien |
A foreigner who is a permanent resident of the country in which he or she resides but does not have citizenship |
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Non-resident Alien |
A non-U.S. citizen who doesn't pass the green card test or the substantial presence test. |
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Deportation |
The action of deporting a foreigner from a country.
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Expatriation |
To ban a person from his or her native country.
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