deportation proceedings

collocation in English

meaningsofdeportationandproceedings

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deportation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdiː.pɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdiː.pɔːrˈteɪ.ʃən/
the action of forcing someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or who has broken ...
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proceedings
noun[plural]
uk
/prəˈsiː.dɪŋz/us
/proʊˈsiː.dɪŋz/
a series of events that happen in a planned and ...
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(Definition ofdeportationandproceedingsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Then there is the applicant against whomdeportationproceedingshave been taken.
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In general, persons who are detained for more than a short time in the course ofdeportationproceedings or as illegal entrants are detained in a prison or remand centre.
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It is not the normal practice to detain a person subject todeportationproceedingsif it is known that there are children solely dependent on him or her.
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They propose incremental steps the executive branch can take to stop an assembly line approach todeportationproceedings.
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His case is still pending, and the federal government has starteddeportationproceedingsagainst him.
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There is no reason not to require an alien seeking to reopen hisdeportationproceedingsto carry an equally heavy burden.
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At the conclusion of the extradition proceedings, thedeportationproceedingsresumed.
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Upon his return, he was put intodeportationproceedingsfor allegedly avoiding the draft.
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In 1948 his true identity was discovered by immigration officials, who instituteddeportationproceedings.
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Of these, at least 13,153 were placed indeportationproceedings.
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He was released on a $3,000 bond pending formaldeportationproceedingsagainst him.
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He was detained on an immigration hold for 1 week facingdeportationproceedingshowever those proceedings have been since halted.
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When it came to federaldeportationproceedings, undocumented immigrants, once apprehended, had two options.
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Instead, police contacted federal immigration officials who starteddeportationproceedingsagainst those two members of the group.
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Deportationproceedingsare pending against the subject after he serves his prison sentence.
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In cases like these, immigration authorities are automatically alerted anddeportationproceedingsstarted, even for longtime legal residents.
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In 1935, she informed reporters of the deal to keep her in the country, butdeportationproceedingshad already begun.
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