noncitizen
noun
non·cit·i·zen
ˌnän-ˈsi-tə-zən 
also
-sən
: a person who is not a citizen
the only noncitizen in town
—often used before another nounnoncitizen students
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Most legal scholars, however, have rejected that analysis because noncitizens can be arrested and charged with crimes, put in jail or deported.
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arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
This rule also applies to noncitizens authorized to work in the United States who got a Social Security number after December 2003.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Still, the 1798 law allows the president to deport any noncitizen from a country with which the U.S. is at war, and it has been mentioned by Trump as a possible tool to speed up his mass deportations.
—Will Weissert and Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Conservative groups and Republican state legislators pushed the laws during the 2022 midterm elections amid false allegations of mass voting by noncitizens.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
This rule also applies to noncitizens authorized to work in the United States who got a Social Security number after December 2003.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Still, the 1798 law allows the president to deport any noncitizen from a country with which the U.S. is at war, and it has been mentioned by Trump as a possible tool to speed up his mass deportations.
—Will Weissert and Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Conservative groups and Republican state legislators pushed the laws during the 2022 midterm elections amid false allegations of mass voting by noncitizens.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncitizen. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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