Neither documented citizen nor, in most cases, immigrant, they are what the government has sometimes described as "nonimmigrant foreigners". They cannot attend public schools or open bank accounts, get a driver's license or a factory job or own land or property.
Not once so far have I heard someone say, "'American' must mean a documented citizen" or anything similar.
In June, 2013, as Heineman was setting out to document citizen militias in Arizona, his father sent him an article about the leader of the Autodefensas, a charismatic doctor named José Manuel Mireles.
All Californians whether they are U.S.-born, naturalized citizens, documented non-citizens, or undocumented non-citizens must have the right to education, to real opportunities for success, to the chance to excel and be contributing members of our society.
Leaders of the opposition parties said that United Russia's losses would have been steeper were it not for ballot-stuffing and other abuses reported by international observers and, in some cases, documented by citizens who posted home videos on the Internet.
Is it our high-energy counselors who return year after year, because they are legally documented U.S. citizens?
And then that moment, rendered as song, turned into prophecy, repeatedly, in the last few years of police brutality documented by citizens with smartphones and quick wits.
Gutirrez adds, "Most people who think HIV/AIDS is not a crisis are people with stable housing, health insurance, steady support, and are documented cisgender citizens.
To obtain these documents citizens must pay a substantial fee.
