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Test 7 Mini Immigration Test Flashcards

1
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A bureau of the Department of Homeland Security is an example of what?

A

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services

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2
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Administers most of the key steps to the naturalization process:

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Department of Homeland Security

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Immigrants who want to become citizens must meet 5 requirement:

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  • must have entered the US legally
  • must be of good moral character
  • must declare their support of the principles of American govt
  • must prove they can read, speak, and write in english (unless older than 50 and have lived here for more than 20 years
  • must show some basic knowledge of American history and govt.
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4
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Name some examples of people that would be denied membership:

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draft evaders
military deserters
polygamists
anarchists
communists
followers of any other totalitarian system
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5
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List 2 requirements that an alien must do before they can request citizenship.

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  • Must at least be 18

- Must have lived in the US as a lawfully admitted resident alien 30 months of the previous 5 yrs

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How long does a resident alien have to live in the state where the petition is filed?

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3 months

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7
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If a resident alien is married to a US citizen, they would only need ____ years of residency before filing.

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3 years

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8
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Process by which members of a whole group of people, living in the same geographic area, become American citizens through an act of Congress

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Collective Naturalization

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9
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Congress has used collective naturalization 5 times:

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1803 people living in the territory gain through the Louisiana Purchase
Florida was purchased in 1819
Republic of Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845
Hawaii in 1900
Residents of Puerto Rico in 1917

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10
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1868 Congress decided that the citizenship guarantees of the 14th amendment would not apply to who?

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Native Americans

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Who can grant both citizenship and take it away?

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only the federal govt

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12
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What 3 ways can americans lose their citizenship?

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  • expatriation
  • being convicted of certain crimes
  • through denaturalization
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13
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What is the simplest way to lose citizenship?

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expatriation

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14
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Giving up of one’s citizenship by leaving one’s native country to live in a foreign country.

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Expatriation

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15
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May be voluntary or involuntary

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Expatriation

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16
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A person may lose citizenship when convicted of certain federal crimes that involve what?

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extreme disloyalty

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Crimes included for extreme disloyalty:

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  • treason
  • participation in a rebellion
  • attempts to overthrow the govt through violent means
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18
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What does it mean to lose citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process?

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Denaturalization

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19
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What can occur if an individual joins a communist or totalitarian organization less than 5 years after becoming citizens?

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Denaturalization

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20
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Respect for the law is crucial in modern society, but this respect depends on _____.

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knowledge of the law

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21
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The American ideal of citizenship has always stressed each citizen’s responsibility to ________.

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participate in political life

22
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The most common way a citizen participates in political life is by ________.

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voting

23
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What is an important way to express faith in one’s political system?

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voting

24
Q

A major challenge for democratic political systems is dealing with ________ and ________.

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crimes and criminals

25
Q

What is an act against a law of the state?

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A crime

26
Q

A crime may harm ______ or _______.

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individual or a person’s property

27
Q

What guarantees “the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures”?

A

The 4th amendment

28
Q

Before 1980, How many states had search laws that permitted police to enter a home without a warrant if they had probable cause to believe that the occupant had committed a felony?

A

23

29
Q

_____ is a major crime.

A

A felony

30
Q

When do the police not need a warrant to search and arrest somebody?

A

When they see them break the law.

31
Q

What established Exclusionary rule?

A

Weeks Vs. US

32
Q

What states that any illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in federal court?

A

Exclusionary rule

33
Q

What ruled that as long as the police act in good faith when they request a warrant, the evidence they collect may be used in court even if the warrant is defective?

A

US Vs. Leon

34
Q

In what case did the judge make a mistake by issuing a warrant based probable cause that later was found to be invalid?

A

The Leon Case

35
Q

The court approved an “inevitable discovery” exception to ______.

A

Exclusionary rule

36
Q

_________ vs. ________ the court held that evidence obtained in violation of a defendant’s rights can be used at trial.

A

Nix Vs. Williams

37
Q

What does the prosecutor have to show about the evidence?

A

That it would have been eventually discovered by legal means

38
Q

When can the police search a vehicle and the containers within it?

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where they have probable cause to believe contraband or evidence is contained

39
Q

What protections may be limited in high schools?

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4th Amendment

40
Q

What ruled that school officials do not need warrants or probable cause to search students or their property?

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New Jersey Vs. T.L.O.

41
Q

What is needed for school officials to search a student or their belongings?

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reasonable grounds to believe a search will uncover evidence that a student has broken school rules.

42
Q

What made mandatory suspicionless drug tests for all students participating in interscholastic athletics legal?

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1995 Vernonia School District 47J Vs. Acton

43
Q

What required federal, state, and local authorities to obtain a court order for most wiretaps?

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1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

44
Q

What required a court order even for wiretapping and bugging in national security cases?

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1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

45
Q

What guarantees a defendant the right “to have the assistance of counsel for his defense”?

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6th Amendment

46
Q

What do the federal courts provide?

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  • Counsel

- Attorney

47
Q

The courts have interpreted this amendment’s protection against self-incrimination to cover witnesses before congressional committees and grand juries as well as defendants in criminal cases.

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Fifth Amendment

48
Q

What protects defendants against confessions extorted by force or violence?

A

The Fifth Amendment

49
Q

In what court case were the 5th and 6th amendments violated?

A

Escobedo V. Illinois

50
Q

What comments can not be used during a trial?

A

A confession or other incriminating statements an accused person makes when he or she denied access to a lawyer

51
Q

March 1963, Ernesto Miranda had been arrested and convicted for the rape and kidnapping of an 18 yr old woman:

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Miranda Vs. Arizona

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