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deport

[dih-pawrt, -pohrt] / dɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt /


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Congress has made it US policy not to deport people to countries where their lives would be in danger or they could be subject to torture.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Khalil, who is still fighting the government’s efforts to deport him from the U.S., said the university’s failure to keep him safe from such harassment “directly led” to his March 2025 arrest and attempted deportation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Previous governments have struggled to quickly deport foreign offenders and there are not thought to be any new returns agreements with other countries.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The Justice Department has filed a first-ever petition to a secretive and dormant court created 30 years ago to weigh government requests to deport so-called ‘alien terrorists’ from the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Making as many as eight runs a day, the buses deport more than 100,000 passengers a year.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Apparently, the administration is casting a very wide net as it detains and deports people.

From Salon ● May 25, 2025

Ammunition deports and chemical plants were hit across several regions, some of which were hundreds of kilometres from the border, according to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025

ICE detains and deports immigrants, but it also has an investigative branch, Homeland Security Investigations, that investigates crimes such as drug smuggling and human trafficking.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2022

Australia deports foreigners convicted of crimes as part of an immigration crackdown that can also strip dual-nationals of Australian citizenship.

From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2022

“Thanatos catches souls,” Percy said, “and deports them back to the Underworld.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

According to an investigation published last week, the United States has deported more than 25,000 people under secretive agreements with 35 countries to take migrants with no ties to those nations.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

He’s trying to get her papers, and there was a technicality in there—she had crossed over and not said it and is getting deported.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

The judge said his work with the British Army in Afghanistan might mean he was not deported.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

An Afghan woman living in Texas with legal US permanent residency has been deported from the country in the first-ever use of a secretive court.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

She had worn the coat since the night we were deported.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

Undocumented residents don’t enjoy the same legal rights as citizens, and deporting someone is a much lower lift, legally speaking, than prosecuting someone for a crime they didn’t commit.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

The U.S. has begun deporting immigrants to Liberia, officials in the West African country said, part of President Trump’s wider plan to send migrants to third-party countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But deporting prisoners convicted of violent crimes and sex offences before they have served a substantial part of their sentences could be politically unpalatable, so this will need to be considered carefully.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The government’s lawyers say immigration laws call for deporting non-citizens with “aggravated felonies” on their records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

On the night of November 7, 1919, Palmer launched his campaign of rounding up suspected anarchists and Communist agitators for the purpose of deporting them from the United States.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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