citizen
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Afghanistan citizen Haji Zada was never charged with a crime, but prosecutors had tried and convicted her son and son-in-law for terror offenses.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
More than 150,000 U.S. citizen children nationwide have Salvadoran parents with TPS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
That includes conventional scientific studies as well as regional and non-English publications, museum collections, local knowledge, citizen science, observations shared on social media, and emerging technologies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Any citizen who steps out of line risks the ire of an even dumber police force, riding around in cruisers that lift their design language from Ed Hardy clothing.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Every last Soviet citizen liberated from the German prison camps—even those at Auschwitz—was questioned as a possible spy.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Lee was detained by police when trying to leave Beijing, but was allowed to return to Hong Kong after an outcry from the financial hub's citizens.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don’t represent the best of America,” he said.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The San Francisco Bay Area, which had been losing citizens as well, seems to be building some buzz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
There are roughly 240 million American adult citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Later they began to focus their efforts on what they regarded as the most crucial civil rights issue—securing the right of black citizens to vote.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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Election Lingo
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"The Civil Rights Movement"
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