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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 ]
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.
The German sociologist Max Weber formulated a three-component theory of stratification that defines a status group [1] (also status class and status estate) [2] as a group of people within a society who can be differentiated by non-economic qualities such as honour, prestige, ethnicity, race, and religion. [3]
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."
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.
Legal status describes the legal rights, duties and obligations of a person or entity, or a subset of those rights and obligations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term may be used to describe a person's legal condition with respect to personal rights, but excluding proprietary relations, such as their having the status of a spouse.
The drone pilot allegedly hacked his drone so it could enter no-fly zones. Authorities identified him as Yinpiao Zhou, a Chinese citizen and a lawful permanent resident of the U.S.
Opposition to immigration, also known as anti-immigration, is a political position that seeks to restrict immigration.In the modern sense, immigration refers to the entry of people from one state or territory into another state or territory in which they are not citizens.