deportation
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banishment, displacement, exile, expatriation, expulsion, relegation
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Overall deportation cases involving immigrants also grew to an all-time high of 19,752 in fiscal 2018, up 30% in two years. — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, "Immigrant Deportations Climb 150% in Two Years in New York City," 21 Feb. 2019 The measure would provide a three-year extension of protections against deportation for 700,000 people covered by the Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. — Andrew Taylor, The Seattle Times, "Senate sets up showdown votes on shutdown plans," 22 Jan. 2019 The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement over changes to the agency’s Risk Classification Assessment (RCA) software, which is used when ICE detains someone for deportation proceedings. — Chris Welch, The Verge, "NYCLU sues ICE over changes to immigrant risk assessment algorithm," 12 Dec. 2018 But the Trump administration can’t arrest its way to mass deportation. — Dara Lind, Vox, "Jeff Sessions gave Trump the immigration crackdown he wanted," 7 Nov. 2018 Lawyers also said some separated parents have been pressured into agreeing to deportation in order to reunite with their children. — Esmeralda Bermudez, latimes.com, "'You don’t love me anymore?': A son is separated from his father at the border, then comes a wrenching call," 11 July 2018 In a flash, the 33-year-old Guatemalan was in handcuffs, in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, headed to jail and probable deportation. — Nomaan Merchant, Cincinnati.com, "Hunger, fear, desperation: What came of an ordinary ICE raid in Covington," 9 July 2018 That leaves them vulnerable to deportation if certain policies are changed. — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, "Hundreds rally in Patterson Park to protest Trump immigration policies," 29 June 2018 Texas' Port Isabel Service Processing Center has been set up as the staging ground for the families to be reunited prior to deportation. — The Christian Science Monitor, "Texas charity has taken in 32 immigrant parents separated from kids," 25 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deportation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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