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

Including China and Mexico, the Rams have rights to six global markets, tied for the most in the league with the Miami Dolphins.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

Another wrote: "They are criminals but they have rights too."

From BBC • Nov. 14, 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

“No. He’s clean—so far, at least. He says he’s got rights, but Angel is a nervous wreck. She can’t live like this. Don’t we have rights too? What can I do?”

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper