Citizen and Equal Justice Flashcards
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
What are the five categories that aliens are classified in?
Resident aliens non-resident aliens enemy alien refugees illegal alien
______ is a person from a foreign nation who has established permanent residence in the US
resident alien
_______ is a person from a foreign country who expects to stay in the US for a short, specified period of time
non-resident alien
A ______ is a citizen of a nation with which the US is at war
enemy alien
_____ are people fleeing to escape persecution or danger
refugees
An _____ is a person who comes to the US without a legal permit
illegal alien
The protections that the _____ guarantees applies to aliens ads well as citizens
Bill of RIghts
In 1982, the Supreme COurt rules that the state of Texas could not deny free _____ to children of illegal aliens
public education
Aliens cannot ___ and are exempt from ___ and ___
vote
military
jury duty
Aliens are not guaranteed the right to ___ freely in the United States
travel
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 federal immigration law that barred entrance to people such as the ____, ____, ____
mentally handicapped
convicts
paupers
Congress also passed the ____ which restricted the admission of Chinese laborers
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act marked the first time a federal law had restricted either immigration or citizenship on the basis of ____ or ____
nationality
ethnicity
The Immigration Act of 1924 is aka what?
Johnson Act
The _____ lowered the number of immigrants allowed into the country to less than 165,000 per year
Immigration Act of 1924 or Johnson Act
The Johnson Act also favored immigrants from __ and __ Europe
northern and western
The ____ gave the countries such as England and Ireland high quotas
national origins system
The national orgins set up two categories of the immigrants:
- Those who could come from the countries of the ____ hemisphere
- Those who could come from the countries of the ____ hemisphere
Eastern
Western
Higher preferences would be given to persons whose skills would be “especially ___ to the UNited States
advantageous
Congress passed the _____ of 1986
Immigration Reform and Control Act
