Citizenship and Equal Justice Flashcards
(41 cards)
An ____ is a person who lives in a country where he or she is not a citizen.***
alien
An ______ is a person who comes to a new country intending to live there permanently.***
Immigrant
United States law classifies aliens into __ different categories
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______ alien is a person from a foreign nation who has established permanent residence in the US.***
resident
A ______ alien is a person from a foreign country who expects to stay in the US for a short, specified period of time.***
non-resident
An ______ alien is a citizen of a nation with which the US is at war.***
enemy
______ are people fleeing to escape persecution or danger.***
Refugees
An ______ alien is a person who comes to the US without a legal permit.***
illegal
The protections that the ________ guarantees applies to aliens as well as citizens.
Bill of Rights
In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Texas could not deny free public ______ to children of illegal aliens ***
education
_____ cannot vote and are exempt from military and jury duty
alien
_____ are not guaranteed the right to travel freely in the US
Aliens
All aliens are required to notify the ________ when they change their residence.***
US Citizenship and Immigration Services
The _____ clearly assigns Congress the power to control immigration policy.***
Constitution
In 1882 Congress passed the first major ___________ that barred entrance to people such as the mentally handicapped, convicts, and paupers.
federal immigration law
Congress also passed the _______ which restricted the admission of Chinese laborers.***
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion Act The law marked the first time a federal law had restricted either ____ and ____ on the basis of nationality or ethnicity.***
immigration or citizenship
The ________, known as the Johnson Act , lowered the number of immigrants allowed into the country to less than 165,000 per year.
Immigration Act of 1924
The ______ gave countries such as England and Ireland high quotas.
National Origins System
The Immigration Reform Act of 1965 set up two categories of immigrants:
Those who could come from other countries of the eastern hemisphere.
Thoses who could come from the western hemisphere.
Congress passed the _______ law that provided a way for illegal immigrants to become permanent residents and citizens, as well as punishment for employers who hire illegal immigrants.
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Aliens who can show that they have lived here since ____ and have resigned here continuously in the country then they you can apply for _____.***
1982, Amnesty
By 1990, 85% of immigrants to the US were coming from ____ and ____.
asia and latin america
The ________ established a limit on immigrants from any single country to no more than 7% of the annual visas.
Immigration Act of 1990