have rights
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Brandt said the message from the group is to be “upstanders,” “to document and blow whistles and warn people,” and to remind those ICE confronts that they have rights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
She added it was only such a victory if you recognised trans people, "that they exist, they have rights, and their rights must be respected".
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025
“She will make a huge difference in our department of education. ... I would love for all parents to have rights over their children.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
From a policy perspective, then, it doesn’t matter whether space is actually inhabited or whether rocks have rights.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024
"Women do have rights here too, you know. Even Dominican law grants that."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
