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Recent Examples of deputize
But the document suggests Florida agencies have been assigned more funding than those in any other state through the federal 287(g) program — a controversial initiative that deputizes local officers to carry out limited immigration enforcement duties.
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
How much worse for others in the state, even next door in Nassau County, where ICE deputizes local police to help do their dirty work?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
Hogan’s comments follow Moore’s decision to ban 287(g) agreements in the state, which allow ICE to deputize local law enforcement officers to carry out immigration enforcement.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Feb. 2026
If the answer was anything other than the United States, local officers deputized with special federal authority launched an investigation into whether the person was in the country illegally.
—David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
How much worse for others in the state, even next door in Nassau County, where ICE deputizes local police to help do their dirty work?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
Hogan’s comments follow Moore’s decision to ban 287(g) agreements in the state, which allow ICE to deputize local law enforcement officers to carry out immigration enforcement.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Feb. 2026
If the answer was anything other than the United States, local officers deputized with special federal authority launched an investigation into whether the person was in the country illegally.
—David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputize
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The landlord Ramco is asking the court to appoint a receiver for the hospital, so a different operator can take over.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Unlike regular federal court judges, a magistrate judge is not appointed by the president.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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Mitsuye, working full-time as a professor of English and creative writing at Cypress College, didn’t shirk her duties as much as delegate them, taking something of a chief executive’s approach to parenting.—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
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According to O’Leary, airports have effectively delegated to airlines the consequences of early morning happy hour—namely, rowdy passengers boarding flights while less than lucid.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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“Deputize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputize. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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