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28 Cards in this Set
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Permanent Resident (green card holder) |
Permit allowing foreign national to live and work permanently in US |
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Refugees/Asylees |
People who cant or don't want to return to their native country |
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Non-immigrants |
People who enter US on temporary status |
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illegal immigrants |
Person who enters US without permission |
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xenophobia |
Unreasonable fear or hatred for foreigners |
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immigrant quota |
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chain migration |
Allowed endless chains of foreign nationals coming to America because of citizens and laws |
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reverse brain damage |
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deportation |
Physically removing undocumented immigrants from the country and sending them to country of origin |
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amnesty |
Pardon of offenses |
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immigration and nationality act of 1965 |
No more than 7 percent of visas may be issued to any one country(family,skills preference)(lottery) |
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diversity lottery |
Lottery for visas for immigrants |
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immigration modernization act of 2013 |
Non-dreamer 13 year pathway to citizenship &dreamer pathway to citizenship |
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nuclear family act of 2009 |
Eliminate non-immediate family preference |
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office of budget and management |
Assist the president in preparing budget. Measures quality agency programs,procedures,and policy |
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tax rates |
tax imposed by gov based on indiv taxable income or corp earnings |
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tax exemptions |
To be free from taxation by government |
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tax base |
Amount of money or property within jurisdiction to be taxed |
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appropriation |
Sum of money set apart for specific purpose |
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the sequester |
Set of automatic spending cuts |
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budget deficit |
Expenditures exceed revenue |
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laws of supply and demand |
more supply than demand=surplus (prices fall) more demand than supply=shortage(prices rise) |
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recession and demand |
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positive supply stock |
Supply surplus lowers prices of goods,causing businesses to lose profits and go out of business |
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negative supply stock |
Massive supply shortage increases demand leading to high prices ,thereby weakening the spending power of the consumer |
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fiscal policy |
Use of taxing and spending to spur economic growth |
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keynesian economics |
Economic bust= cut taxes,increase spending Economic boom=raise taxes,decrease spending |
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supply side economics |
low taxes=economic growth=larger tax base |
