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legal alien — any foreign national who is permitted under the law to be in the host country. This is a very broad category which includes travel visa holders or foreign tourists, registered refugees , temporary residents , permanent residents , and those who have relinquished their citizenship and/or nationality. [ 7 ]
Under this doctrine aliens with no legal right to remain in the United States are nevertheless eligible for public assistance. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ("PRWORA") basically abolished the PRUCOL Doctrine for means tested federal assistance by creating a new statutory definition of "qualified alien."
The subject heading Aliens, Illegal was established by the Library of Congress in 1980 and revised to Illegal aliens in 1993. [1]The subject heading incorporates references from non-preferred forms of the term including Aliens--Legal status, laws, etc.; Aliens, Illegal; Illegal aliens--Legal status, laws, etc.; Illegal immigrants; Illegal immigration; and Undocumented aliens.
The law of Canada divides people into three major groups: citizens, permanent residents, and foreign nationals. [4] Under Section 2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection of Canada (IRPA), "foreign national means a person who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, and includes a stateless person."
For instance, from 2015 to 2019, only 305 individuals were granted legal status through the 1972 registry date. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Several political figures and immigration activists advocate for an advance in the current entry deadline, which would allow for the legalization of millions of long-term undocumented immigrants.
This category is for categories of people whose status (other than occupation, ethnicity, etc.) is defined by law or in relation to law. Subcategories This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total.
The Court unanimously sustained the law's central and most controversial requirement, requiring state law enforcement officials "to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest if they have reason to suspect that the individual might be in the country illegally"—a clause called the "show me your papers" provision by ...
Illegal Alien or Illegal Aliens may refer to: Alien (law), legal concept of aliens Illegal alien, the statutory and legal term used in some countries for an illegal immigrant or other unauthorized resident; Illegal aliens (Library of Congress Subject Heading), a cause of controversy in 2016; Enemy alien