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

Ms Boyd said she wanted to see legal protections like those afforded to employees by the Equality Act to extend to volunteers to ensure they have "rights and opportunities".

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

“We ran what water we had, what water we have rights to, as long as we could,” Smith said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 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

Some people argue that even if a person isn't a citizen of the United States, he or she should still have rights outlined in the U.S.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple