non-citizens
Those without passports
Non-citizens are people who are not citizens of a particular country—including immigrants, tourists, refugees, and undocumented residents.
The term is neutral and bureaucratic, appearing in legal and policy contexts: Non-citizens may be required to register with immigration authorities.
It defines people by what they lack rather than what they are.
Those settling abroad
- aliensBeings from other worlds
- foreign nationalsPeople of another citizenship
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- residentsPeople living somewhere
refugees · asylum seekers · stateless persons · deportees · green card holders · permanent residents · temporary residents · migrant workers
Rights guaranteed by supreme law
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- equal protectionUniform legal treatment
- detentionTemporary official holding
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
civil liberties · travel restrictions · public benefits · property rights · taxation · legal representation · habeas corpus · sanctuary
Employed and job-seeking population
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- brain drainEmigration of skilled workers
- guest workersTemporary foreign employees
- agricultural workersPeople who cultivate land
H-1B · seasonal workers · entrepreneurship · skilled workers · unskilled labor · economic migrants · job market · workforce
Changing laws governing newcomers
- border policyRules governing national entry
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
nationalism · inclusion · exclusion · belonging · othering · scapegoating · rhetoric · electorate
immigrants
Those settling abroad
- aliensBeings from other worlds
- foreign nationalsPeople of another citizenship
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
residents · refugees · asylum seekers · stateless persons · deportees · green card holders · permanent residents · temporary residents · migrant workers · guest workers
constitutional protections
Rights guaranteed by supreme law
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- equal protectionUniform legal treatment
- detentionTemporary official holding
deportation · civil liberties · travel restrictions · public benefits · property rights · taxation · legal representation · habeas corpus · sanctuary · family separation
labor force
Employed and job-seeking population
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- brain drainEmigration of skilled workers
- guest workersTemporary foreign employees
agricultural workers · H-1B · seasonal workers · entrepreneurship · skilled workers · unskilled labor · economic migrants · job market · workforce · employment eligibility
immigration reform
Changing laws governing newcomers
- border policyRules governing national entry
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
populism · nationalism · inclusion · exclusion · belonging · othering · scapegoating · rhetoric · electorate · demographics
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- migrantsmigrants, arctic tern, monarch butterfly, caribou, humpback whale
- marginalizedmarginalized, disenfranchised, outcasts, pariahs, oppressed
- Roman societypatrician, patricians, plebeian, plebeians, slave
non-citizenscitizens
Members of a nation
nationals · naturalized citizens · voters · passport holders · subjects
non-citizenscitizens
Members of a nation
natives · insiders · members · compatriots · countrymen
non-citizen, citizen, citizens, citizenship, city, cities, civilian, civilians, civility