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Recent Examples of noncitizen
Carrillo was also charged with illegally possessing a gun as a noncitizen, while Diaz is accused of unlawfully possessing ammunition.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The law on this is that a noncitizen gets to elect the country to which they will be deported in the event of an order of removal after a deportation hearing.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
One allows corrections officers at local jails to flag a noncitizen who is arrested to ICE and detain them for 48 hours.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
At first, the number of lawsuits challenging the new policy was manageable — only about 50 noncitizen detainee habeas cases were filed between when the rule change was implemented and the end of October in Minnesota.
—Tasha Carvell, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2026
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The law on this is that a noncitizen gets to elect the country to which they will be deported in the event of an order of removal after a deportation hearing.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
One allows corrections officers at local jails to flag a noncitizen who is arrested to ICE and detain them for 48 hours.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
At first, the number of lawsuits challenging the new policy was manageable — only about 50 noncitizen detainee habeas cases were filed between when the rule change was implemented and the end of October in Minnesota.
—Tasha Carvell, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncitizen
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Ortiz, 42, plays Rocky, an arachnoid alien made of stone-like material, who befriends Grace.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The group meets a dying alien of the Andalite race, which has been fighting the Yeerks and their expansion across the galaxy.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
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The family near Kabul was among the millions of Afghan refugees who have recently returned from Iran and Pakistan, after both countries launched crackdowns in 2023 on foreigners — particularly Afghans — living in their countries.—
Elena Becatoros,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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Like every guide with the foreign tour operator Intourist, she was vaguely affiliated with the secret services (KGB) and so filled out reports about her interactions with foreigners that no one read.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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If the United States wants a safe, orderly refugee system, the answer is not collective blame, but sustained investment in policies that provide security, dignity and successful integration.—
Sediqa Fahimi,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Stories abound in every survivor of the Rwandan genocide, every Hmong refugee who fled the Laotian Civil War, every Iranian trying to protect their families from American missiles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Flights in and out of the Middle East came to a near-complete stop, stranding residents, expatriates, and tourists alike, even as Iran struck the region’s most crowded cities and luxury hotels.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mettler-Toledo, which manufactures lab instruments and weighing technology, provides school expenses as part of its expatriate and international benefits package for some senior execs.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncitizen. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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