as in citizens
a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it
recommended that foreign nationals living in the region evacuate immediately
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Recent Examples of nationals
The act was first invoked by President James Madison during the War of 1812 against British nationals.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
During World War I, 6,000 German and other foreign nationals were placed in internment camps after President Woodrow Wilson invoked the act, according to the National Archives.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Are there exceptions in this new executive order for categories of foreign nationals?
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Five Chinese nationals, who were University of Michigan students at the time, were charged last year after they were caught monitoring a 2023 training exercise at a Michigan Army National Guard facility.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
All three are Venezuelan nationals, officials said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The attacks left 829 Israeli civilians, 76 foreign nationals and 415 security personnel dead.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
Tuesday’s incident happened exactly a week after Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted a boat heading from Bimini toward Key Biscayne carrying 12 migrants who are Chinese, Haitian and Bangladeshi nationals.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Arrests of American nationals in Russia have become increasingly common in recent years, with relations between Moscow and Washington sinking to Cold War lows over the war in Ukraine.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
During World War I, 6,000 German and other foreign nationals were placed in internment camps after President Woodrow Wilson invoked the act, according to the National Archives.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Are there exceptions in this new executive order for categories of foreign nationals?
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Five Chinese nationals, who were University of Michigan students at the time, were charged last year after they were caught monitoring a 2023 training exercise at a Michigan Army National Guard facility.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
All three are Venezuelan nationals, officials said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The attacks left 829 Israeli civilians, 76 foreign nationals and 415 security personnel dead.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
Tuesday’s incident happened exactly a week after Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted a boat heading from Bimini toward Key Biscayne carrying 12 migrants who are Chinese, Haitian and Bangladeshi nationals.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Arrests of American nationals in Russia have become increasingly common in recent years, with relations between Moscow and Washington sinking to Cold War lows over the war in Ukraine.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
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