Ch 14 Flashcards
Resident alien
Person esatblished residency but from other nation
Alien
A perosn who lives in a country but not citizen
Nonresident alien
A person from A foreign countryWho expects to stay in the US for short period of time
Enemy alien
A citizen of the nation with which the US is at war
Illegal alien
Person with no legal permission to be in the country
Amnesty
The group party and two individuals were an offense against the government
Private law
A law that applies to one person
Naturalize Asian
Legal process of citizenship
Jus soli
Law of the soil the principle that grants citizenship to nearly all people born in a country
Jus sanguinist
Lots of blood principle that Grant citizenship on the basis of the citizenship of one parent
Collective naturalize Asian
Process by which a group of people become US citizens to the act of Congress
Expatriation
Giving up citizenship to live in another country
De naturalization
The loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during naturalization process
Exclusionary rule
Law stating that any illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in a federal court
Self-incrimination
Testifying against oneself