It can be very difficult to hire a noncitizen.
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Noncitizen
Synonyms for "noncitizen" (4 found)
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Translations
23 translations across 13 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- неграмадзя́нка noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- неграмадзя́нін noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Estonian
1 entries- mittekodanik noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Finnish
1 entries- ulkomaan kansalainen noun (someone who is not a citizen)
French
2 entries- non-citoyen noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- non-citoyenne noun (someone who is not a citizen)
German
2 entries- Nichtbürger noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- Nichtbürgerin noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Italian
2 entries- non cittadina noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- non cittadino noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Latvian
2 entries- nepilsone noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- nepilsonis noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Lithuanian
2 entries- nepilietis noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- nepilietė noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Polish
2 entries- nieobywatel noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- nieobywatelka noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Russian
2 entries- негражда́нка noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- неграждани́н noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Slovene
2 entries- nedržavljan noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- nedržavljanka noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Swedish
1 entries- icke-medborgare noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Ukrainian
2 entries- негромадянин noun (someone who is not a citizen)
- негромадянка noun (someone who is not a citizen)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Prison Is a Place Called Hell Trenton State Prison is a nasty, stinking, medieval cubbyhole that was built in 1849 for noncitizens and mules, eight years before the Supreme Kangaroo Court under Chief Racist Taney declared the black man in American should not be considered a citizen of these United States.*
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But there is one study that has been interpreted to suggest it is at least possible. It found that between 32,000 and 2.8 million noncitizen voters might have fraudulently cast ballots in the 2008 presidential election. The study, based on a survey of 38,000 people after that election, has been under fire since it was published in 2014.
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Republicans are pushing legislation to crack down on voting by noncitizens, which happens rarely and is already illegal in federal elections, in a move that reinforces former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to delegitimize the 2024 results if he loses.
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