Learn what a noncitizen can be deported for, and how the process works. Find out how you might get help if you are facing deportation.
NPR spoke to immigration experts and lawyers and reviewed government documents to break down the steps of the U.S. deportation process and its cost.
How does deportation work, and how much does it cost? We break it down ...
Deportation has historically used three primary mechanisms of expulsion: formal deportation (removals), voluntary departure, and self-deportation. Formal deportations, which carry legal penalties for reentry, account for a minority of expulsions.
Find out about deportation, the removal of non-citizens from the United States as a result of immigration law violations, and how deportation works.
Noncitizens who are not legally present in the United States, and noncitizens who are legally present but who are accused of violating a requirement of their legal status, may find themselves facing deportation from the country.
Understand how deportation works, from the legal grounds that trigger removal to your options for relief and what happens after an order is issued.
Deportation, expulsion by executive agency of an alien whose presence in a country is deemed unlawful or detrimental. Deportation has often had a broader meaning, including exile, banishment, and the transportation of criminals to penal settlements.