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deportation

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


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The court had ruled in favor of the attorneys’ clients, halting the deportation of three family members from India, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, and the disciplinary ruling did not alter that November decision.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The proxy statements warn that Palantir’s software is linked to Israel’s surveillance of Palestinians, ICE’s deportation and surveillance practices, and the reported creation of a U.S. multiagency database merging Americans’ data, among other projects.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

One reason: Jewish history itself is a chronicle of repeated displacement, deportation and exile.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The administration’s stubbornness in this instance eventually pushed the question of Abrego Garcia’s deportation to the Supreme Court, when the justices upheld an order that required the government to facilitate his return to the U.S.

From Slate • May 28, 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




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