deportation
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Roberts and the court blocked such secret deportations and said the 5th Amendment entitles immigrants, like citizens, a right to “due process of law.”
From Los Angeles Times
Large numbers of deportations are one factor, he said, but besides that, some will decide against immigrating to the U.S., while others already in the country will choose to leave.
From Los Angeles Times
The statistics don’t include routine deportation proceedings, which aren’t handled in criminal courts.
Immigration attorneys described an escalating trend of cases in which someone who won protection from deportation has remained indefinitely detained.
From Los Angeles Times
It said they had "unacceptably poor and obstructive returns processes" and accused the countries of refusing to process paperwork and requiring individuals to sign their own documents – effectively allowing them to block their own deportations.
From Barron's
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