For the first time since the enactment of the Refugee Act of 1980, people who came to the border saying they feared persecution or torture in their home countries were turned away with no chance to plead their case for asylum.
Inside the Fall of the CDC|by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|October 15, 2020|ProPublica
Since the law’s enactment, local authorities have used it to restrict protests and free speech.
Hong Kong’s citywide COVID-19 testing has become a barometer of public trust|eamonbarrett|September 9, 2020|Fortune
Since its enactment in 1997, 752 Oregonians have used prescriptions for lethal medications for their intended purpose.
The Beautiful Newlywed Who Made the Right Change Its Mind on Physician-Assisted Death|Samantha Allen|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First, he maintains that enactment of such a law “would overrule a historic Supreme Court decision.”
Democracy Demands a Journalist-Source Shield Law|Geoffrey R. Stone|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The enactment of these proposals would strike a much better balance between the interests of liberty and security.
Understanding Obama’s NSA Proposals|Geoffrey R. Stone|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet however long the enactment, the text of a complex modern statute is only the very roughest guide to its future operation.
4 Predictions For A Second Obama Term|David Frum|August 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That is why the enactment of the Affordable Care Act was so critical.
Paul Ryan’s Medicare Misconceptions|Tom Daschle|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I had much at heart the enactment of legislation for restraining the alienation of land and for the protection of tenants.
A Civil Servant in Burma|Herbert Thirkel White
Most important among them is the enactment, interpretation, suspension, and abrogation of all laws of the republic.
The Governments of Europe|Frederic Austin Ogg
But after-events proved conclusively that the enactment of this Compromise Tariff was a terrible blunder, if not a crime.
The Great Conspiracy, Complete|John Alexander Logan
It is true, that you attempt to justify the enactment of the laws in question, by the occasions which you say led to it.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society
In enforcing them, the governors relied on the impotence of resistance, and justified their enactment on the ground of expediency.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)|John West