deportation
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The mother of murderer Vickrum Digwa could be in line for deportation from the UK, the Home Office has signalled.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The couple assumed Ortiz Jara’s path to legal status would be simple, given his U.S. citizen children and wife, but most lawyers they consulted said his deportation years ago created a nearly insurmountable hurdle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
A judge has restricted his transfer and temporarily blocked his deportation while his legal challenge proceeds.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
The lower court had said people targeted with deportation must be given effective notice ahead of time about where they are being sent to allow them to raise concerns about potential persecution.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
When Bert Lewyn, the Jewish teenager forced to work in a Berlin munitions factory, discovered that he was also marked for deportation to a concentration camp, he went into hiding.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The country singer also asked fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Rights, which helps children whose parents have faced deportations, during the opening night of her tour in Chicago back in August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
In the year to June, 5,962 foreign offenders were sent back to their home countries - the highest rate of deportations since 2017 and a 12% increase on the previous year.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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
A similar lawsuit was filed earlier in June at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to halt US deportations to Equatorial Guinea, which has also served as a way station for African deportees.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Obinze looked at him for a moment, his open face, his simple view of the world; deportations happened every day and the living went on living.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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