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Recent Examples of noncitizen
One allows corrections officers at local jails to flag a noncitizen who is arrested to ICE and detain them for 48 hours.
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Those are ways that sometimes communication happens that doesn’t necessarily entail, for example, giving the names of people who have been arrested, who the local jurisdiction believes is a noncitizen, to ICE.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Nor are plaintiffs challenging the authority provided in the INA to make warrantless civil arrests of a noncitizen to facilitate that person's removal from the country, when statutory and regulatory requirements are met.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
The statutes that authorize ICE’s functions ordinarily require an administrative warrant before the detention of a noncitizen.
—Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Those are ways that sometimes communication happens that doesn’t necessarily entail, for example, giving the names of people who have been arrested, who the local jurisdiction believes is a noncitizen, to ICE.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Nor are plaintiffs challenging the authority provided in the INA to make warrantless civil arrests of a noncitizen to facilitate that person's removal from the country, when statutory and regulatory requirements are met.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
The statutes that authorize ICE’s functions ordinarily require an administrative warrant before the detention of a noncitizen.
—Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncitizen
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Theater artist James Ortiz voiced the character in the upcoming project and served as the lead puppeteer for the alien, who is very much the second lead to Ryan Gosling’s Ryland Grace.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Feb. 2026
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Stuck in the dirt, the hexagonal silver node looked like a device an alien could have planted.—
Lauren Steele,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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Around 450 houses have now been sold in the town, transforming the community, where the most popular properties with foreigners are those with hillside views.—
Maureen Ohare,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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The relationship between Icelanders and their literature and language can seem to foreigners a little insane.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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In Oklahoma, Pastor Hau Suan Khai started hearing about cancellations from Christian refugees who, like him, had come to the US fleeing persecution in Myanmar.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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Simpson, 45, is a New Orleans native who fled to Oklahoma as a Hurricane Katrina refugee in 2005.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Determining if the tax is imposed depends on what type of expatriate the giver is.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Bequests may align with the expatriate's death year for potentially later deadlines.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncitizen. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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