green card

Example Sentences

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They married last year and Marie-Thérèse relocated to Alabama, applying for a green card that would grant her the right to remain in the US.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

He was detained by immigration authorities upon his release in November 2024, and his green card was revoked after an immigration judge ordered his deportation due to his felony conviction.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Soleimani Afshar became a green card holder in 2021 under the Biden administration, Bis said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

One plaintiff who sued, according to a court filing last year, is a Taiwanese woman with a student visa who had lived in the U.S. for 12 years and was applying for a green card.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Papá showed them his green card, which Ito, the Japanese sharecropper for whom we picked strawberries, had helped him get years before.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez