legal residence

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Greater financial incentives under Customs and Border Protection’s Home program could encourage voluntary departures, and those who remain should be allowed, after careful vetting, to apply for legal residence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Some existing protections, such as means of confirming legal residence and identity, will be retained.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

“Your legal residence is where your life is rooted, the place you come back to,” he explained.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2025

The former president changed his legal residence from New York City to Palm Beach, Florida, in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024

In London you are obliged to have a legal residence in the parish where the ceremony is to be performed.

From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter