Foreigners lack initial rights (5)

I believe the answer is:

liens

'rights' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'foreigners lack initial' is the wordplay.
'foreigners' becomes 'aliens' ('alien' can be a synonym of 'foreigner').
'lack initial' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'lacking initial' mean this).
'aliens' with its first letter removed is 'LIENS'.

(Another definition for liens that I've seen is " rights".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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