deportation

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Legal disputes involving student protesters, deportation proceedings and expanded scrutiny of lawful residents have increasingly merged immigration enforcement with broader debates over political speech, due process and constitutional protections.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

The legal centre representing the flotilla members said earlier on Thursday that the majority were "en route for deportation" from Ramon Airport in Israel's far south.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

And they allocated $1.5 million for Represent LA, which provides legal representation to residents who are facing deportation or other immigration proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The new document underlines the long-established principle that the right of family life does not bar deportation and that national courts, rather than Strasbourg, are best placed to work out that balance.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

On December 21, 1919, the Russians, together with fifty other people who had been sentenced to deportation, were herded together on an ancient army transport ship named the Buford.

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