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IMMIGRATION LAW

Legal status of Persons
Concepts

Citizenship
Nationality
Naturalization
Leave to Remain
Immigration
Illegal immigration

Legal designations

Citizen
Native-born citizen
Naturalized citizen
Dual-citizen
Alien
Migrant worker
Refugee
Illegal immigrant
Criminal
Prisoner
Slave
Political prisoner
(Enemy alien
Enemy combatant
Administrative detainee)

Social politics

Immigration law
Nationality law
Nationalism
Nativism (politics)
Immigration debate
"Second-class citizen"

Immigration law refers to national government policies which control the phenomenon of immigration to their country. Immigration law is related to nationality law, which governs the legal status of people, in matters such as citizenship. Immigration laws vary from country to country, as well as according to the political climate of the times, as sentiments may sway from the widely inclusive to the deeply exclusive, with respect to foreign peoples from entering.

Certain countries may maintain rather strict laws which regulate the entry, the duration of stay, the right to work, participate in government, etc. Most countries have laws which designate a process for naturalization, by which immigrants may become citizens.

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