Green Card Holder Deported

resident – n. someone who lives in a particular place

green card – n. a document that shows a person from a foreign country may legally live and work in the U.S.

intent to distribute – expression a legal term that expresses a prosecutor’s belief that because a person had a large quantity of an illegal product -- such as a drug -- the person was planning to sell it rather than use it themselves

ignorant – adj. lacking knowledge or information

commit – v. to do (something that is illegal or harmful)

checks and balances – expression a system in which the different parts of an organization (such as a government) have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful

due process – n. (a US legal expression) the official and proper way of doing things in a legal case; the rule that a legal case must be done in a way that protects the rights of all the people involved

adolescence – n. the period of life when a child develops into an adult

challenge – v. to say or show that (something) may not be true, correct or legal