Gov 14.1 Quiz MMHS

What is the classification of an alien in the United States?

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What type of alien is a person from a foreign nation that is at war with the United States?

Enemy Alien

What type of alien is a person from a foreign nation that comes to the United States without a legal permit?

Illegal alien

What term describes a law that applies to only one person?

Private law

What protections are granted to aliens in the United States?

Aliens are granted the same protections under the Bill of Rights as United States citizens

Respectively, what act limited the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year and what act abolished the system of national origins quotas?

The Immigration Act of 1924, Immigration Reform Act of 1965

What term describes a person who lives in a country where he or she is not a citizen?

Alien

What term describes a pardon issued to illegal aliens who have been in the country illegally since 1982?

Amnesty

What type of alien is a Filipino tourist on a two week vacation that plans to return?

Non-resident alien

What type of alien has migrated to the United States permanently, but is not a citizen?

Resident alien