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permanent resident
noun
- an immigrant who has been given official residential status, often prior to being granted citizenship
Example Sentences
She's not a citizen, but a permanent resident.
Like Columbia University activist and legal permanent resident Khalil Mahmoud, Ozturk was quickly sent to a detention center in Louisiana.
Yunseo Chung, 21, a legal permanent resident who moved to the US from South Korea as a child, had filed a lawsuit alleging immigration officials had executed search warrants at multiple Columbia facilities, including her dormitory.
Another permanent resident and Columbia University student, Yunseo Chung, has also been targeted for potential removal, according to her attorneys, although she has not yet been detained.
Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident and student at Columbia University, was arrested earlier this month and accused, without evidence, of being a supporter of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls Gaza.
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