Illegal Immigration Vocabulary

What government organization was created following 9/11 to not only prevent terrorism but to protect our international borders?

• Department of Homeland Security

• Department of Defense

• Central Intelligence Agency

• National Security Agency

What federal agency's mission is to detect and prevent illegal aliens, terrorism, and trafficking of people and contraband?

• Border Patrol

• Central Intelligence Agency

• Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms

• Drug Enforcement Administration

What is the legal classification of a person seeking refuge in the country in which he or she currently resides due to persecution?

• Asylum Seeker

• Political Refugee

• Migrant Laborer

• Illegal Alien

What are people seeking protection and a safe place to live outside their country of origin known as?

• refugees

• migrants

• aliens

• parolees

What is the legal term for a pardon granted for an offense such as entering a country illegally?

• amnesty

• persecution

• deportation

• asylum

What is a child born in the United States to illegal immigrants or other non-citizens commonly referred to as?

• anchor babies

• illegal alien

• adoptive resident

• infant refugee

What term refers to formally removing an alien from the United States for violating the immigration laws?

• deportation

• persecution

• expulsion

• diaspora

Which terms refers to provisions prohibiting employers from hiring or recruiting immigrants who they know are unauthorized to work?

• employer sanctions

• international tariffs

• domestic subsidies

• corporate deportation

A foreigner who has either entered a country illegally or who has violated the terms of legal admission to the country are unofficially referred to as?

• illegal aliens

• asylum seekers

• economic refugees

• non-immigrants

What term refers to money earned or acquired by immigrants that is sent back to their country of origin?

• remittances

• blood money

• subsidies

• deportation tariffs