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deportation

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


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Her lawyers are arguing against the deportation, but she is still waiting to hear from the government.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Most of her clients now are middle-aged men, who often choose deportation over the harsh reality of staying in immigration detention indefinitely.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

More than 300,000 Haitian refugees living in the U.S. lost temporary protective status in July and are subject to deportation.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

“It’s become a deportation mill, and my clients have been placed on speeding rockets,” Navarrete, the daughter of a Mexican immigrant, told me at her South Gate office around 8 on a recent Monday morning.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

That now that I've seen what I've seen in the deportation center, I'll be able to forget it?

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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

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

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

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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