deportation
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He will remain in ICE custody pending his deportation.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Padres minor league coach and Venezuelan native Oswaldo Pirela is home in Arizona after his release from ICE custody, but he still faces deportation proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The captain of an overloaded boat that capsized in New York Harbor earlier this month, killing a woman and her 5-month-old infant, has been arrested by federal authorities and faces deportation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
South African officials want her detained as they pursue her deportation after she was declared a prohibited person in 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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
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
"Enforced returns", which includes deportations, means the government arranges transport to return people to a different country.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Combat veterans and decorated service members have been swept up in the mass deportations.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Had the Soviets managed to keep the deportations a secret from the world?
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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