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permanent resident

noun

  1. an immigrant who has been given official residential status, often prior to being granted citizenship

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Cui Guanghai, 43, of China, and John Miller, 63, of the U.K. and a U.S. lawful permanent resident, were charged with interstate stalking, conspiracy to commit interstate stalking, smuggling and violating the Arms Export Control Act, according to a release from the U.S.

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This time, only U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or individuals that can prove their intent to become a citizen or permanent resident would count.

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One was from Dennis Anaya Urias, a legal permanent resident of the U.S. and reputed member of MS-13’s Bagos clique, according to Carelli and the U.S. attorney’s office spokesman.

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He said it would be U.S. policy to not recognize citizenship for newborns if the child’s mother or father was “not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.”

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The 34-year-old permanent resident was raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank and had been held at a facility in Vermont.

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