11.   Foreign nationals are prohibited from contributing to U.S. political campaigns, but naturalized citizens and resident aliens have every right to give.

12.   Having never taken out U.S. citizenship, Sacks is still a resident alien.

13.   --Holding secret hearings for fast deportation of resident aliens suspected of being prone to terrorism.

14.   However, if that resident alien meets the legal requirements and decides to become a U.S. citizen, expectations necessarily change.

15.   I have returned to the United States, again as a resident alien, and have just sold my fund shares, realizing a capital gain.

16.   However, INS spokesman Russell Ahr said that resident aliens from Cuba cannot be sent back to the country because there are no diplomatic relations with the United States.

17.   If the current population of resident aliens is any indication, many more foreigners in Washington could become citizens.

18.   In addition, RNC spokesman Ed Gillespie this week acknowledged that his party has accepted other donations from resident aliens.

19.   It would allow benefits for the small group of lawful permanent resident aliens who cannot take the examination for U.S. citizenship because of physical or mental disabilities.

20.   It would also have ended a program under which siblings and adult children of resident aliens could be admitted.