Knowra Deportation Deportation Deportation is the forced removal of a noncitizen from a country by government order. It is distinct from voluntary departure and may follow immigration proceedings or other legal processes.
Removal proceedings : Legal proceedings in which the government seeks an order requiring a noncitizen to leave a country. These proceedings commonly determine whether a person may remain or can be deported.
Voluntary departure : A legal option allowing a noncitizen to leave a country voluntarily by a specified deadline, often instead of receiving a removal order. Unlike deportation, it lets the person depart without the government forcibly removing them.
Family separation : The division of family members through migration, detention, removal, or government policy. A deportation can separate a person from relatives who remain in the country.
Alien and Sedition Acts : Four United States laws enacted in 1798, including measures that expanded federal authority over noncitizens. They are an early example of federal deportation power in the United States.
Due process : Legal protections requiring governments to follow fair procedures before depriving people of life, liberty, or property. Its scope for noncitizens facing removal remains a central legal dispute.
Removal order : An official decision requiring a noncitizen to leave a country under its immigration law. It supplies the formal legal basis for carrying out deportation.
Extradition : The formal transfer of a person between states for prosecution or punishment under criminal law. It is a state-to-state criminal process, not removal under immigration law.
Non-refoulement : The principle prohibiting states from sending people to places where they face specified forms of serious harm. It limits deportation when return would expose someone to persecution or torture.
Immigration Act of 1917 : A United States law that expanded grounds for excluding and deporting immigrants and imposed an Asian barred zone. It broadened the legal grounds on which the government could remove noncitizens.
Immigration detention : The confinement of noncitizens under government authority, often while immigration cases or removals are pending. Questions remain about detention's necessity, duration, and conditions during deportation cases.
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