How to Use noncitizen in a Sentence
noncitizen
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In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that the clock didn’t stop until the noncitizen was notified of the time and place of the hearing.
— Jess Bravin, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021 -
What if a state prohibits the sale of fruit packed by noncitizens, Kavanaugh asked.
— John Fritze, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023 -
So far no one on the lists has been confirmed as a noncitizen voter.
— Eric Tucker, The Seattle Times, 6 Feb. 2019 -
Sunak proposed doubling the salary threshold that a person must meet to bring a noncitizen spouse to the U.K.
— Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024 -
The idea here is to find noncitizens who registered to vote.
— Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024 -
But even when a close relative sponsors a noncitizen, the wait can take 15 to 20 years.
— Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 13 Feb. 2018 -
Appeals courts, and possibly the state Supreme Court, will have the last word on noncitizen voting.
— Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Adams said his concerns were over one part of the legislation, which required the legal noncitizen to have lived in the city for at least 30 days.
— Houston Keene, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2022 -
Paying a citizen to drive them in makes more sense in that regard than having a noncitizen lug them across the Rio Grande.
— Philip Bump, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Oct. 2022 -
The ID card will be available to citizens and noncitizens alike.
— John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018 -
As noncitizens, they should never have been considered in the first place.
— Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023 -
State law already states that noncitizens are not allowed to vote in elections.
— Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024 -
But the measure, paired with what Democrats see as a poison pill on noncitizen voting, faces headwinds in the lower chamber.
— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024 -
Every vote cast in an election by a noncitizen dilutes the vote of a citizen.
— Jacob Posik, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022 -
Frey says 14% of the U.S. population lives in households with one or more noncitizens.
— Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019 -
But Kobach can certainly use the database to claim that any number of noncitizens are voting.
— Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 6 July 2017 -
The big takeaway: Debate over the specter of noncitizen voting is likely to continue, and Arizona can expect to be at the forefront of it.
— Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024 -
The Census Bureau’s own research found that the question could depress self-response rates among noncitizens by up to 6%.
— Obed Manuel, Dallas News, 27 June 2019 -
The state has the highest number of births to noncitizens outside of California, and many of those women are low-income.
— Nina Martin, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2019 -
Earlier this week the Supreme Court voted to strike down the key provision of a statute that allows the expulsion of certain noncitizens.
— Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2018 -
In setting out his reasons why the government needs to know how many noncitizens live where, Trump fired the first shot in what could be a huge political fight in some states two years from now.
— David Lauter, latimes.com, 12 July 2019 -
During the study period, some 6,000 noncitizen names were found in one county.
— Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 7 Dec. 2020 -
Has there been a push for noncitizen voting in Wisconsin?
— Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024 -
Emanuel’s CityKey ID cards will be issued to citizens and noncitizens alike and are expected sometime in spring.
— John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018 -
Oakland voters say noncitizen parents or guardians of school-age children should be allowed to vote in school board elections.
— Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2022 -
The groups that would mostly be scared off by this are segments of the noncitizen Hispanic, Asian, and Muslim populations.
— William H Frey, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2018 -
The hotel plan, along with a ban on all noncitizen foreign visitors, was an attempt to curb a fresh spike in coronavirus cases.
— sun-sentinel.com, 29 Dec. 2020 -
Unlike in many places, noncitizens here can vote for local elections.
— Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024 -
There are no cities, towns or villages in Wisconsin that allow noncitizens to vote in local elections.
— Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024 -
Paxton’s office has sought access to the database to cross-check Texas voter rolls for noncitizens, but the state attorney general said the federal agency has stonewalled these requests.
— Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Oct. 2024
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