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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 ]
Illegal immigration, or unauthorized immigration, occurs when foreign nationals, known as aliens, violate US immigration laws by entering the United States unlawfully, [1] [2] or by lawfully entering but then remaining after the expiration of their visas, parole or temporary protected status.
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
The Biden administration on Monday directed U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to stop using language such as “alien,” “illegal alien” and “assimilation” when referring to ...
Employees of the two main U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were directed Monday to stop referring to migrants as “aliens,” a dated term that many people consider offensive. Memos issued ...
Multiple studies also found that neither the amnesty provided under IRCA, nor the potential for a future amnesty program, encouraged illegal immigration in the long-term. [18] [20] While IRCA did not encourage illegal immigration, it failed to curb it. [20] Some attribute this failure to a lack of focus on key determinants of immigration.
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.
Legal, illegal. You only get to be illegal when an adjudication has been made,” Rivera said. ... but on Thursday night when Rivera argued against the use of the term “Illegal alien,” he got ...