rights of citizenship
Example Sentences
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Puerto Ricans exist in what we describe as the “alien-citizen paradox”: They are U.S. citizens, but only those residing in the mainland enjoy all the rights of citizenship.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
The North Carolina Constitution forbids a person convicted of a felony from voting “unless that person shall be first restored to the rights of citizenship in the manner prescribed by law.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
“Whenever he demands the rights of citizenship he is accused of self-seeking,” he declared in a speech.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2020
Black Americans’ exercising the rights of citizenship, the show makes clear, also prompted immediate and furious pushback.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
New Departure advocates argued that women who met those conditions were citizens, so they should have all the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
