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deportation

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


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But he was put on a deportation flight back to Moscow via Egypt.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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

She added that Beijing also added more patrol boats and new or planned deportation facilities along its northeastern border.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Your husband was supposed to present himself for deportation last week," the oldest-looking officer says.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

The newspaper offered a $5 prize in a contest to name the airborne deportations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Moller said attention to the "teenage deportations" had led the government to "change its position".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

White House czar Tom Homan defended the deportations in a recent CNN interview.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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

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

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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