POLS 166 Midterm questions well
solved already passed
Immigrants - ANS ✔foreign-born persons admitted to the US as LPRs who may or may not have
become naturalized citizens
Nonimmigrants - ANS ✔foreign-born persons admitted to the US on a temporary basis
Illegal Immigrants - ANS ✔foreign-born persons who either:
A) entered without inspection
B) overstayed their visa
C) were admitted to the US but committed a deportable offense
Refugee - ANS ✔foreign-born person living outside the country of their nationality but can't
return to their country because of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political
opinion, or membership of a particular social group
Asylum seeker (Asylee) - ANS ✔-foreign-born person who is seeking protection from inside the
US or at the border
Dreamer - ANS ✔young undocumented immigrant who came to the US as a child, often with
family, and stayed to attend public schools
Unaccompanied Minor - ANS ✔a foreign-born child who crosses the border alone or without
their parents
, Temporary Protection Status (TPS) - ANS ✔granted to foreign-born persons unable to return
home to their country safely because their country can't handle the return
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) - ANS ✔-started in 2012 and ended under Trump
in 2017
-allows eligible persons to receive a renewable 2-year period of deferred action from
deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the USA
Bracero Program - ANS ✔series of arrangements that allowed Mexicans to migrate to the US
under the Mexican Farm Labor Agreements
-implemented in 1943 due to high demand for cheap physical labor during WWII
-ended in the 60s because of abuse and exploitation
Birth Tourism - ANS ✔US visitors here on visa in order to gain citizenship by having birth in the
US
Anchor Babies - ANS ✔children born to non-citizen parents with illegal visas
-the baby becomes a citizen via naturalization and that helps the parents secure citizenship
Chain Migration - ANS ✔migrants from one town follow others from that town to a particular
destination
Likely to Become a Public Charge (LPC) - ANS ✔Trump administration can deny legal permanent
residency to anyone likely to become a public charge
-public charge = anyone likely to use non-cash benefits (e.g. medicaid) for more than 12 months
in a three-year period
solved already passed
Immigrants - ANS ✔foreign-born persons admitted to the US as LPRs who may or may not have
become naturalized citizens
Nonimmigrants - ANS ✔foreign-born persons admitted to the US on a temporary basis
Illegal Immigrants - ANS ✔foreign-born persons who either:
A) entered without inspection
B) overstayed their visa
C) were admitted to the US but committed a deportable offense
Refugee - ANS ✔foreign-born person living outside the country of their nationality but can't
return to their country because of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political
opinion, or membership of a particular social group
Asylum seeker (Asylee) - ANS ✔-foreign-born person who is seeking protection from inside the
US or at the border
Dreamer - ANS ✔young undocumented immigrant who came to the US as a child, often with
family, and stayed to attend public schools
Unaccompanied Minor - ANS ✔a foreign-born child who crosses the border alone or without
their parents
, Temporary Protection Status (TPS) - ANS ✔granted to foreign-born persons unable to return
home to their country safely because their country can't handle the return
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) - ANS ✔-started in 2012 and ended under Trump
in 2017
-allows eligible persons to receive a renewable 2-year period of deferred action from
deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the USA
Bracero Program - ANS ✔series of arrangements that allowed Mexicans to migrate to the US
under the Mexican Farm Labor Agreements
-implemented in 1943 due to high demand for cheap physical labor during WWII
-ended in the 60s because of abuse and exploitation
Birth Tourism - ANS ✔US visitors here on visa in order to gain citizenship by having birth in the
US
Anchor Babies - ANS ✔children born to non-citizen parents with illegal visas
-the baby becomes a citizen via naturalization and that helps the parents secure citizenship
Chain Migration - ANS ✔migrants from one town follow others from that town to a particular
destination
Likely to Become a Public Charge (LPC) - ANS ✔Trump administration can deny legal permanent
residency to anyone likely to become a public charge
-public charge = anyone likely to use non-cash benefits (e.g. medicaid) for more than 12 months
in a three-year period
