citizen

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When he signed the Social Security Act in 1935, then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said the program was to provide “at least some measure of protection to the average citizen and his family…against poverty-ridden old age.”

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

ICE quickly released one, a U.S. citizen whose father was taken.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Within a day of her sharing the post, CBP circulated her name and photo with a warning to agents in the field: Martinez, a U.S. citizen, was a potential threat.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Ashouri, a U.S. citizen, spent her childhood frequenting businesses in Westwood, but she no longer feels comfortable there, fearing some sort of altercation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Jimmy Bozart, the hero paperboy, was back in college in upstate New York, driving a new Oldsmobile given to him as a reward by a wealthy citizen.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin