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deportation

[dee-pawr-tay-shuhn, -pohr-] / ˌdi pɔrˈteɪ ʃən, -poʊr- /


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Kumar was eventually detained by ICE and is awaiting deportation, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told AFP, but Elizabeth Carter wants him to face justice first.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

And then making it harder to even fight when you are fighting to stay in the United States, or to at least avoid deportation to a country where you might face further incarceration.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

A federal court has temporarily blocked the deportation of a Venezuelan delivery driver shot by an ICE officer in Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"For now, we have secured a temporary block on his deportation while his case moves forward," Lincoln-Goldfinch wrote on social media.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“I would pretty much be facing deportation to India.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

For about a decade, the Sacramento museum’s trustees have discussed creating a traveling exhibition on mass deportations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The central controversy of Arendt’s career concerned her claims about Jewish leaders’ roles in compiling lists and administering deportations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Most were from Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, officials say, and the number is likely to rise as repatriations and deportations continue.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

There was more — a lot more, from the Epstein files and the Iran war to incompetence, lying and deportations.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

The deportations continued and the ghetto began to seem like a ghost town.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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