not planned or expected
"The Texas hospital, Mission Regional Medical Center, told the Guardian that the billboards and a website directed people to, havemybabyinTEXAS.com, “are no longer in use due to any unintended misunderstanding”."
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not planned or expected
"The Texas hospital, Mission Regional Medical Center, told the Guardian that the billboards and a website directed people to, havemybabyinTEXAS.com, “are no longer in use due to any unintended misunderstanding”."
to take strong action against something
"Trump, who has repeatedly tested the limits of presidential power in domestic and foreign policy, issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship last year on his first day back in office, as part of a suite of policies to crack down on legal and illegal immigration."
to give someone a right or a privilege
"The high court last month rejected Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the US, ruling that his directive violated language in the US constitution’s 14th amendment that confers citizenship to those born in the United States who are “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”."
to make something available or known again
"The image has been recirculated recently on social media, as Trump supporters have called for a total and complete shutdown of pregnant women being allowed to enter the United States after the president’s attempt to deny birthright citizenship to children born to non-citizens in the US was rejected by the supreme court last month."
the power or authority to make decisions or take action
"The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in relation to constitutional questions was taken away and given to an entirely different creature — the Federal Constitutional Court."
a statement that is not true because it is larger or more extreme than what really happened
"The president wrote on his social media platform, in what appeared to be a wild exaggeration of a Fox News report on just two billboards."
relevant or suitable for a particular situation
"ICE “follows all applicable health and safety guidelines, including those outlined in the US Department of State’s travel advisories, when conducting removal operations”, said a spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)."
a set of things that are related or connected
"Trump, who has repeatedly tested the limits of presidential power in domestic and foreign policy, issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship last year on his first day back in office, as part of a suite of policies to crack down on legal and illegal immigration."
to think about something again in order to change a decision
"Pakistan had already been requested by Sri Lanka, where the national team is playing their matches of the World Cup, and the UAE to reconsider their decision."
in a way that involves working together
"We intend to work cooperatively and transparently with local and state officials."