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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Punjabi immigrants faced challenges when integrating into California farm communities in the early 1900s, accentuated by laws that restricted immigration from Asia, closed paths to citizenship and barred noncitizens from landownership.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Most states — including those with millions of voters — have eventually marked only a few to a few hundred potential noncitizens as registered to vote, and far less have ever voted.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026
More recently, the mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, Joe Ceballos, faces felony charges and possible deportation for voting as a noncitizen.
—Jack Harvel
april 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
And a campaign pro is going to break the law by offering cash or groceries to a noncitizen for her vote?
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Most states — including those with millions of voters — have eventually marked only a few to a few hundred potential noncitizens as registered to vote, and far less have ever voted.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026
More recently, the mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, Joe Ceballos, faces felony charges and possible deportation for voting as a noncitizen.
—Jack Harvel
april 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
And a campaign pro is going to break the law by offering cash or groceries to a noncitizen for her vote?
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncitizen. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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