asylum

Example Sentences

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Mulakhil faced trial alongside Mohammad Kabir, also an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, who was acquitted of all charges.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

It doesn’t distinguish between immigrants in the U.S. illegally and those with legal status, including those seeking asylum or in temporary protected status.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The case posed a fundamental clash between the government’s need to manage surges at the border and the moral and historic right to offer asylum to those fleeing persecution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The Immigration and Nationality Act allows an "alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States" to apply for asylum.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Singer spent all of his summer vacation in the town where Antonapoulos was being kept in the asylum.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers