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deportation

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


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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

Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina, who is facing deportation from South Africa, has reiterated that she was born in the country and believes she has been "treated unfairly and targeted".

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Because springing for and maintaining a fleet of its own is costly, ICE has historically outsourced its deportation flights to private companies or used military and Coast Guard vessels.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The threat of persecution and deportation if found, and the fact that Alexandra was being demolished, did not stop this stream of forced migration.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

"Enforced returns", which includes deportations, means the government arranges transport to return people to a different country.

From BBC Jun. 29, 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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