Example Sentences

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But recently, Malaysia has been deporting more people from Myanmar due to a tougher policy on refugees and migrants.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2022

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. has been deporting migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum in the U.S., a policy the Trump administration started and that President Biden has continued.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2021

Furthermore, as is the case with several other formerly recalcitrant countries, ICE has been deporting Iraqis with nothing more than one-way travel documents, which don’t qualify as proper Iraqi identification.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2019

He said that the agency has been deporting about 390,000 people annually for the past several years, a record level, and that the question is who those people should be.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2011