citizens
Example Sentences
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Undocumented residents don’t enjoy the same legal rights as citizens, and deporting someone is a much lower lift, legally speaking, than prosecuting someone for a crime they didn’t commit.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
"They will never be private citizens anywhere in their lives," Jones says.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It directed Homeland Security to create a national list of all U.S. citizens over the age of 18 who would be eligible to vote, and then that list would be sent to all 50 states.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
These tactics are often employed by transnational criminal groups that consist primarily of Mexican citizens from Sinaloa state, a Homeland Security Investigations special agent said in affidavits filed in federal court last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Hounded by the government and banned from doing secret military work, he continued to argue against the development of new weapons, and in favor of human rights and greater political freedom for Soviet citizens.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
