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Recent Examples of noncriminal
Particularly today, when ICE has exponentially increased its detention of noncriminal individuals for immigration violations, leading to young college students getting picked up by immigration officials and detained with hardened criminals.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 23 July 2025
If the Trump administration wants to go after nonviolent and even noncriminal day laborers and nannies, why should New York be assisting in the effort?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Glendale City Council members defended the detentions this week, saying that the city had an 18-year-old contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to temporarily house noncriminal detainees.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
But noncriminal targets number in the hundreds of thousands.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 23 July 2025
If the Trump administration wants to go after nonviolent and even noncriminal day laborers and nannies, why should New York be assisting in the effort?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Glendale City Council members defended the detentions this week, saying that the city had an 18-year-old contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to temporarily house noncriminal detainees.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
But noncriminal targets number in the hundreds of thousands.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncriminal
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Yet, not everyone believes the administration’s action was legal.—
Kevin R. Kosar,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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In December 2024, Syed’s legal team filed a motion to reduce his life sentence under Maryland's Juvenile Restoration Act, as Syed was not yet 18 at the time of the crime.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Driving records were last considered public and easily accessible from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation before July 1, 2023, or the start date of a law that granted immigrants without lawful proof of presence in the country a pathway to a license.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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In many cases, the systems were deployed alongside lawful intercept platforms, which allow real-time surveillance of communications.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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Slater goes deep twice The list of batters who can claim legitimate ownage against Kershaw is small.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Unconventional methods drew criticism, but the transition from outsiders to trusted advisors showed that hacking skills can evolve into legitimate expertise.—
Chris Wysopal,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The state law, passed in 2006 and updated in 2011, links the allowable levy increase to increases in property values due to new construction.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Breweries should check with their municipal or private water suppliers to see if the water meets EPA allowable limits for the compounds, or, if using well water, test their wells for the compounds, Skypeck said.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Prohibited items include coolers, briefcases, non-clear bags, luggage, and any bag exceeding the permissible size.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Reuters report detailed an internal Meta document that described permissible AI chatbot behaviors during the development and training of the software.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Mike Wagner is a former board member of Kitten’s First for the San Jose Animal Care Center, an authorized nonprofit partner that managed a foster kitten program for the shelter.—
Michael Wagner,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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David Forman, Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen, a midshipman who mistook authorized law enforcement as a threat, engaged and was injured in the process.—
Emma Bussey , Jasmine Baehr , Lucas Y. Tomlinson , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But even defensive gun uses that are ultimately ruled to be justifiable often result in legal consequences—investigations, charges, grand-jury proceedings, and sometimes trials.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2025
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There is a justifiable public-health rationale for going after these shops.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Noncriminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncriminal. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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