citizen
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Before becoming a U.S. citizen four years ago, my wife hadn’t left the country since she arrived as a toddler.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
"Their voices, the voices of young people and of every citizen who has taken part in protests today, must and will be heard with respect," Rama said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
A 50-person citizen fire brigade became famous during the Palisades fires, and now volunteers are applying by the hundreds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The world might look and think it sees some nice, dismissible senior citizen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The treaty also stated that no citizen of the US, nor any white person, could settle on the remaining Indigenous land.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
We’re both U.S. citizens, safe on paper, but what if the value of our papers has changed?
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
American citizens living abroad generally remain subject to U.S. tax-filing requirements on worldwide income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Builders and subcontractors say it will be costly and time-consuming to replace workers like Velazquez with U.S. citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"This FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service will continue to safeguard the public and secure elections for American citizens," the agencies said in a statement on Thursday.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Many German, Italian, and Japanese citizens did not support the fascist practices of their governments.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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