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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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She's not a citizen, but a permanent resident.

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Like Columbia University activist and legal permanent resident Khalil Mahmoud, Ozturk was quickly sent to a detention center in Louisiana.

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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.

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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.

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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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