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Noun
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The Refugee Act of 1980, which codified legal protections for those fleeing persecution, was supposed to be insulated from domestic identity politics.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025 -
Some videos show other Central Asian minorities from Xinjiang, including Kazakhs and Kyrgyz people, who also face persecution and are covered by the U.S. law.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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As many as 40,000 Ravensbrück inmates died of starvation, disease, torture, shooting, lethal injections, medical experiments, and from lethal gas.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
4 June 2025
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Secretary Noem argues the program has been abused, but immigration advocacy groups have warned that many immigrants would be vulnerable to abuse, torture, or arrest should they be forced to return home.—
Dan Gooding
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Investigators say Rodriguez drew a 9 mm handgun and opened fire without provocation.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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The defense, however, said Jones was the real villain, stating that the teenager had been the first to start shooting, firing on Derrick without provocation from a moving car because Jones was angry with how Derrick had treated his cousin.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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“Molestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molestation. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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