citizens

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In another panel, the outgoing head of ICE, Todd Lyons, acknowledged immigration agents sometimes detained American citizens in cases where those citizens allegedly put “hands on law enforcement.”

From Salon • May 24, 2026

The researchers are especially concerned about how the technology could be used in authoritarian countries to monitor protesters or track citizens without their knowledge.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Governments everywhere, as they are now realizing, don’t want H-bombs in the hands of private citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"I was worried about them being criminals. But, with time, I have come to understand that they are just like our own citizens, also trying make a living outside the country."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“A group of local citizens who love libraries and consider Mr. Luigi L. Lemoncello to be a threat to all that we hold dear.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein