noncitizen

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Recent Examples of noncitizen Secretary of State Diego Morales' office has referred a single case of a noncitizen voting in Indiana to law enforcement in Vigo County, due to a new controversial voter verification process. Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 12 Sep. 2025 Trump continues to make baseless claims about widespread noncitizen voting, has attempted to change voter registration rules to include proof-of-citizenship requirements, and has directed the Justice Department to prioritize prosecuting noncitizens who register or vote. Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025 An attorney for Latino voter engagement group Poder Latinx also urged Walker to shield their members from prosecution under the noncitizen provision. Kate Payne, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025 Since March, noncitizen writers of the Stanford Daily have declined to cover pro-Palestinian protests and asked to remove previous articles on the topic, fearing that such reporting could jeopardize their legal immigration status, according to the lawsuit. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noncitizen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncitizen
Noun
  • After all, the human and the alien in Lanthimos’s films have always been divided by the most porous of membranes.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Social media has also been flooded with racist and xenophobic comments, especially about Indians, amid fears that an influx of foreigners could erode national identity in China, where the population has fallen for the past three consecutive years.
    Peter Guo, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Indonesia’s last executions, of a citizen and three foreigners, were carried out in July 2016.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These include executive orders and regulatory changes to enforce immigration laws more strictly, pause or restrict refugee resettlement, reinstate rapid-expulsion policies like Title 42, expedite deportations, and increase border barrier construction.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Prior to checking in at the guesthouse, Mangione met a Japanese professional poker player at dinner in Tokyo in February and chatted with two American expatriates in Bangkok in March, The New York Times reported.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The not-so-blank canvas for this automotive expression is an example of the original Pantera, the collaborative vision of Alejandro de Tomaso, an expatriate of Argentina residing in Italy at the time, and the Ford Motor Company.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncitizen. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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