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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Earlier in the summer the Department asked more than two dozen states to turn over their complete voter rolls, including party affiliation, social security numbers and addresses, to the federal government as part of its effort to check if noncitizens are voting.
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Secretary of State Diego Morales' office has referred a single case of a noncitizen voting in Indiana to law enforcement in Vigo County, due to a new controversial voter verification process.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 12 Sep. 2025
The agency did not respond to NPR's question about the results of the manual review, how many noncitizens on voter rolls have been identified to date or what portion of the results so far were inconclusive.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
The executive order paused noncitizens’ entry at the southern border when seven-day averages of daily border crossings exceeded 2,500 between ports of entry.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Secretary of State Diego Morales' office has referred a single case of a noncitizen voting in Indiana to law enforcement in Vigo County, due to a new controversial voter verification process.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 12 Sep. 2025
The agency did not respond to NPR's question about the results of the manual review, how many noncitizens on voter rolls have been identified to date or what portion of the results so far were inconclusive.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
The executive order paused noncitizens’ entry at the southern border when seven-day averages of daily border crossings exceeded 2,500 between ports of entry.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncitizen. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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