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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When federal officers roll through communities in the way the Supreme Court permitted, the constitutional rights of both citizens and noncitizens are inevitably violated, argued David Bier, the director of immigration studies at the libertarian Cato Institute.
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Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Plaintiffs argue that federal officials have coupled this surveillance with a campaign of public threats — warning that noncitizens who post anti-American or anti-Israel content online risk deportation or visa revocation.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Plaintiffs argue that federal officials have coupled this surveillance with a campaign of public threats — warning that noncitizens who post anti-American or anti-Israel content online risk deportation or visa revocation.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncitizen. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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