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N-400 Vocab > Vocab and Spelling > Flashcards

Vocab and Spelling Flashcards

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Abjure

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reject

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Accommodation

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Extra help

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Adjudication

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a final decision on a legal matter or a court case

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Advocate

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Agree with, recommend , support and tell others about an idea

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Alien

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Someone who is not a US citizen

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Alimony

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Money that you have to pay ex hunband or wife

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Allegiance

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Loyalty to a person or country, or belief

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Alternative sentencing/rehabilitative program-

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punishment penalty decided by law instead of jail

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Arrested

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taken to jail by the police

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Bear arms

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to own or use a gun

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Charge

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when the police give a formal statement that you have done something illegal

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Child Support

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money that a husband/father or wife/mother is required to pay to support a child after a divorce

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Civilian

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Someone not in the military

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Cite/citation

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order to appear in court or pay a fine for doing something illegal

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Civilian direction

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orders from someone not in the military

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Claim

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to say that something is true

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Combat

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  • fighting, war
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Commit a crime

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  • do something illegal
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Communist - government of China, North Korea, Viet Nam, Cuba..

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A type of government
where there is no private ownership of land, housing, business, etc

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Confined to a mental institution

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kept in hospital for people who have mental health problems

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Contact

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communicate with a person

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Conscript

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  • require
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Constitution

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  • supreme law of the land
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Controlled substance -

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drugs or special medicine regulated by the government

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Convict

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  • found guilty of a crime in a court of law
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Country of Nationality -

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the country of current citizenship or nationality

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Crime

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  • doing something that breaks the law
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Current

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  • what is true right now
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Declared legally incompetent -

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judge/psychiatrist say that you are unable to make decisions
for yourself due to mental health problems

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Defer

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  • delay until a later date
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Delay

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  • make something happen late
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Deploy

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  • sent to serve as soldier
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Desert

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  • leave the military without permission
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Detain

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  • hold
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Detention facility

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  • a jail where people wait before going to court
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Directly or Indirectly

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do something in an obvious way (directly) or in a hidden way (indirectly)

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Disability

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Physical or mental inability like blindness

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Disclose

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  • tell
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Divorce

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  • legally stop being married
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Documentation

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  • legal records
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Domestic

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Things that happen inside a country

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Draft

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When US GOVERNENT orders someone to join the military

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Eligibility

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  • meet the requirements to be able to do something
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Enlist

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  • sign up
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Ethnicity

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  • one’s cultural background
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Evasion

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purposely avoiding a duty

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Ever

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  • at any time
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Exactly

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  • the same way
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Exemption -

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special permission to not do some thing

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Fail

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not pass a test

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False

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  • not true
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Fidelity

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  • faithful
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File

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  • present a written statement of a request
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Forcing any sexual contact or relations -

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touching male or female body parts when someone
doesn’t want it

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Form of government -

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U.S. government elected by the people/republic

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Fraudulent

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make people believe a lie so you can get something you want

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Gamble

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Bet money to guess who will win at sports or games so that you can try to get money.

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Gender

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  • male or female
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Genocide

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  • killing a group or race of people because of their religion, race, or other reason
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Guerrilla group

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Group of people fighting the government or police with weapons

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Habitual drunkard -

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Someone addicted to drinking

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Illegal

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against the law

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Illegal gambling

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gambling that is not allowed by law; dog fighting

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Immigration benefit

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Benwfits given to legal immigrant

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Insurgent organization

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a group of people that use weapons to fight a government

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jail

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a building where police take people who are arrested for breaking the law

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labor camp

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a place where people are forced to work

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Lawful permanent resident

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Someone who is legally living in US for indefinite time

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left

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go away from the United States

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legally

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  • allowed by law
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Legally incompetent

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mentally ill or not able to think properly or make decisions for self

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Lie

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  • to say things that are not true
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Married

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having a husband or wife. This means legally married

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Mental institution

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A place for mentally ill people

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Military unit

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a group of people that work for a government to fight in a war

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Militia

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an army that does not work for a government

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Misleading

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  • tell someone information that is not true to get something that is wanted
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Misrepresentation -

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not telling the truth

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Narcotics -

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any illegal or unlawfully possessed drug

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Naturalization -

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process to become a US citizen

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Noncombatant

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to work in military without using weapons e.g. helping in hospital, kitchen,
office

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Oath

A

a promise

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Oath of Allegiance

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  • a solemn promise to be loyal to the US made during naturalization
    ceremony
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Obtain

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to get something

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Occupy

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to take over and control by military

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Offense

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doing something against law

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Overdue

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late

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Overthrow -

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to remove a leader or government from power by using force

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Owe-

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have a debt; be required to pay

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Paramilitary unit

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a group of people who act like the military, but do not work for a government

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Parole

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  • let go from jail before end of sentence
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Perform noncombatant services

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  • work for military that does not involve fighting
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Perform work of national importance

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  • do work that is important to the country during a
    national emergency
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Persecute

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to hurt someone because of religion, nationality or political opinions

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Police unit

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a group of people who work for a government to catch people who break the law

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Prison

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a building where criminals must stay as punishment for breaking the law

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Prison camp

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  • a prison for enemy soldiers or other military during a war
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Probation

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a time when a person who has broken the law gets out of prison early for good
behavior in prison but is required to report regularly to a probation officer

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Prostitute

A

a person who has sex with someone for money

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Public benefit -

A

money from the government for things such as food stamps, housing, medical
or Social Security payments

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Rebel group

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  • a group of people who fight a national government for power
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Recruit –

A

– ask

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Register

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  • sign up and put your name on an official list
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Removal, exclusion, rescission and deportation proceedings -

A

the formal process that
happens when a non-citizen must leave the United States because the government believes the
person is not entitled to be in the country, is illegally in the country, or has violated immigration
laws

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Removal

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make someone leave US

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Exclusion

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not allow person to enter US

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Rescission

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cancellation of agreement to remain in the United States

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Deportation

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force a person to return to their original country

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Proceedings

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a legal case to decide a person’s immigration status

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Resident

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a person who lives in a specific place

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Self-defense unit

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  • a group of people fighting to protect themselves
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Smuggle

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  • bring something illegally into the country
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Suspended sentence

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legal delay in a penalty or sentence

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Tax return

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  • send tax forms to US government for tax year
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Terrorist

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  • a person that uses fear and violence to control people
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To bear arms

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  • have guns
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Torture

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badly hurt someone on purpose

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Totalitarian

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a political system in which people have no power and are controlled by a dictator

120
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U.S. Armed Forces

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responsible for defending the United States- army, Air Force, navy

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Vigilante unit

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a group of people who act like the police but are not real police

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Weapon

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something used to fight such as a gun, knife, or bomb

N-400 Vocab (1 decks)

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