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Abrego Garcia, however, had been granted a legal status known as withholding of removal in 2019, which prevented the Department of Homeland Security from deporting him to his home country of El Salvador because of likely persecution by gangs.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
25 June 2025 -
An immigration judge had ordered that Abrego Garcia could not be deported there due to the risk of persecution.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
23 June 2025
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There have been reports of human rights violations, including torture and forced confessions at the facility.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
24 June 2025
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court order that prevented the Trump administration from deporting migrants to countries that are not their places of origin without first giving them the chance to raise fears of torture, persecution or death.—
June 23,
CBS News,
23 June 2025
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Popular opposition was fueled in part by the belief that U.S. nuclear weapons were not a deterrent against Soviet aggression, as NATO leaders argued, but a vehicle for reckless provocation and warmongering.—
FLORENCE GAUB,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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And its cultural exports, whether BBC dramas or Banksy provocations, shape minds far beyond our borders.—
Solitaire Townsend,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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“Molestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molestation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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