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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People also differed by age in which democratic values were most pressing, with older folks more likely than younger voters to cite the dangers of noncitizens voting and election fraud.
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Jason Lange, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
How Scholars Interpret the Birthright Citizenship Debate Legal scholars have long disagreed about how the Citizenship Clause applies to the children of noncitizens, and those disagreements now inform the Supreme Court’s review.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
As one district court judge explained, accepting the government’s position would mean the executive branch could detain noncitizens indefinitely without ever having to justify that detention to a court.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
In a Monday appearance on Newsmax, Dhillon speculated the number of noncitizens on voter rolls could be six figures or higher.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
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Jason Lange, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
How Scholars Interpret the Birthright Citizenship Debate Legal scholars have long disagreed about how the Citizenship Clause applies to the children of noncitizens, and those disagreements now inform the Supreme Court’s review.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
As one district court judge explained, accepting the government’s position would mean the executive branch could detain noncitizens indefinitely without ever having to justify that detention to a court.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
In a Monday appearance on Newsmax, Dhillon speculated the number of noncitizens on voter rolls could be six figures or higher.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncitizen. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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