political asylum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of political asylum
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Rodríguez has lived and worked lawfully in the U.S. since 2021 while pursuing political asylum.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
Particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, Venezuela, then a stable democracy, granted political asylum to scores of Panamanian dissidents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Now he's in California applying for political asylum, amid the looming threat of deportation.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025
Dorsainvil said that the Haitian Community Support Center is still encouraging recipients of TPS and humanitarian parole — a different form of temporary legal status — to apply for political asylum.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025
Once our visas expired, we applied for political asylum, but after two years without progress, we were told there was no record of our application.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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