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New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep were repatriated to Malaysia, where both are nationals, according to the United States Department of Defense.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
Eventually, six titles – among them religious texts and rabbinical commentaries – were repatriated in a ceremony in May 2022.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Despite his hard work, the Peabody did not repatriate the remains of the Wabanaki, or the four tribes of Maine, for another 50 years.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Pentagon repatriated a Tunisian detainee who had been held in Guantánamo Bay since the prison there opened.
—New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep were repatriated to Malaysia, where both are nationals, according to the United States Department of Defense.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
Eventually, six titles – among them religious texts and rabbinical commentaries – were repatriated in a ceremony in May 2022.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Despite his hard work, the Peabody did not repatriate the remains of the Wabanaki, or the four tribes of Maine, for another 50 years.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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However, the present situation does not demand any restrictions for expatriates.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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The low-key beach town of Dominical, about an hour southwest, draws surfers, expatriates and tourists.Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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As is quickly becoming the norm, the Polestar 2 will receive over-the-air software updates throughout its life.Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, after receiving a large donation from the production company Neon, Vidiots began screening movies for free to provide that outlet.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Iran would never choose a Rasoulof movie as its official Oscar submission, but the film qualified as German thanks to its Berlin co-producers and Rasoulof’s status as a refugee there.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
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Amer has a talent for bringing lightness to heavy topics such as asylum hearings and refugee status.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Damage is naturalized as an acceptable and perhaps even necessary outcome of innovation.Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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Musk, a South African naturalized U.S. citizen and owner of SpaceX and Tesla, has professionally and personally benefitted from H-1B visas.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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His team has already reached out to the governments of several countries to test their willingness to take deportees from third countries.Sarah Kinosian, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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Taking potential deportees into custody is only the first step.Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Several Yemeni al-Qaeda operatives failed to get visas to the U.S. because they were viewed as potential economic migrants, McDermott and Meyer write.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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Loading your audio article The city opening a massive new migrant shelter in the Bronx, the Daily News has learned — a sign that city is still wrestling with the tens of thousands of migrants in the city’s care despite dozens of shelter closures.Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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The governor’s office has declined for weeks to provide specifics to the Herald/Times about his immigration plans, including how the governor wants to assist with the detention of undocumented immigrants.Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
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The Biden Administration’s recent actions include extending protection from deportation for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, and blocking oil and gas drilling across more than six hundred million acres of federal waters.Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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Israel's population includes many emigrants from Central Asia, most of whom arrived after the fall of the Soviet Union.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Landed during the rainy season in a swamp, the emigrants found neither fresh water nor waterproof dwellings awaiting them, though they were shortly regaled with a supply of skates!Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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