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- noun Plural form of
asylee .
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Examples
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I believe we should increase our legal immigration which now approximates annually one million, of which about 150,000 are asylees.
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Throw in the various adjustments that happen when ‘guest workers’ finally get indefinitely temporarily through the system, refugees and political asylees, and it averages roughly 1 million a year.
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I believe we should increase our legal immigration which now approximates annually one million, of which about 150,000 are asylees.
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Today America processes refugees and asylees, maintains no fly lists, demonizes criminal aliens.
Michelle Chen: Lessons from Cochabamba on Borders, Labels and Justice 2010
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Those legal immigrants have the right to work and earn a living; the asylees are eligible to work six months after applying to work.
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Two hundred and fifty thousand asylees are also permitted to enter annually.
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Resentment towards Somali immigrants, especially, runs very high here, even though they are legal–and I believe even invited–political asylees and refugees.
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If I had to make a quasi educated guess, I would say that most of the small number of refugee/asylees come from DPRK, but it is hard to know for sure, since they are so closed off and knowing that it is nigh impossible to leave the country, not to mention extremely dangerous, as the borders on both side of the country are heavily guarded w/ military and land mines.
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I urge forward-thinking employers to hire these talented immigrants, refugees and asylees because their international experience and foreign language abilities are a tremendous asset to the American workforce.
Jane Leu: Iraqi Allies Struggling in the U.S. -- What Do We Do to Help? 2008
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The report explains the term to include residents admitted to lawful permanent residence, asylees, refugees, parolees, and long-term non-immigrant residents.
Immigrant Walkout Monday May 1: Immigrant Walkout - Let Justice Roll Down Like a Mighty Water! 2006
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