deport
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The Justice Department has filed a first-ever petition to a secretive and dormant court created 30 years ago to weigh government requests to deport so-called ‘alien terrorists’ from the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ministers have vowed to deport the men after they were sentenced.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
"It's logistically relatively easy for ICE to deport them to a third country," she added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
As the leader of a minor Axis power, Boris had refused Hitler’s demands to deploy his army against the Soviet Union and deport Bulgarian Jews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Now the agents cannot use it to locate and deport her.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Apparently, the administration is casting a very wide net as it detains and deports people.
From Salon ● May 25, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which detains and deports immigrants, said Tuesday during a separate hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on Homeland Security.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2023
Australia deports foreigners convicted of crimes as part of an immigration crackdown that can also strip dual-nationals of Australian citizenship.
From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2022
The statement did not explicitly state when the deportation would take place, but China typically deports convicted foreigners only after they have completed their prison sentence.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021
December 21: The United States deports 249 people that it has accused of being anarchists.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
One of those was Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, a Sacramento mother who was deported a day after her green card interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
After the islands were occupied in 1945, Moscow deported their Japanese population of about 17,000 people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“They don’t want another Minneapolis … but they’d love for all the Haitians to be deported in secret,” Sister Wittberg said.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
After serving a portion of his jail time, Ponzi was deported to his native Italy in 1934.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The only way she’ll go back now, she tells herself, is by force, if she is deported.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
They were also informed, despite earlier promises, that a 55-year-old law barred the government from deporting him.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The government’s lawyers say immigration laws call for deporting non-citizens with “aggravated felonies” on their records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
"This government is deporting foreign national offenders at pace, with more than 5,000 deported last year - a 14% increase on the previous year."
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
This isn’t a novel finding, but it shows how deporting noncriminal immigrants is economically counterproductive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
If a country offered Fischer citizenship, they specified, they’d consider deporting him to that country.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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