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Recent Examples of extradition
Contreras is being held at the Jefferson County Jail on a $1 million cash bond, while Ramirez was awaiting extradition to Colorado as of Friday morning.
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Max Levy, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
New Justice Department leaders transferred lawyers with decades of experience handling civil rights, extraditions, counterterrorism and cybercrime into a new office that covers immigration enforcement.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
On Friday, just over a year after the children's deaths, a U.K. judge in London rejected her challenge against extradition.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Current Colombian president Gustavo Petro dropped the extradition request and asked former president Biden to remove Cuba from the terror-sponsor list.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Max Levy, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
New Justice Department leaders transferred lawyers with decades of experience handling civil rights, extraditions, counterterrorism and cybercrime into a new office that covers immigration enforcement.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
On Friday, just over a year after the children's deaths, a U.K. judge in London rejected her challenge against extradition.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Current Colombian president Gustavo Petro dropped the extradition request and asked former president Biden to remove Cuba from the terror-sponsor list.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extradition
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The news reports are that Adams sought to strike a deal with the Department of Justice — full cooperation with Trump’s deportation machine, in exchange for the dropping of federal corruption charges against him.—
Steven Choi,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Americans largely support immigration reform overall but disagree about how policies such as deportations should be carried out.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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What is realistic is that Israel maintains permanent control over millions of Palestinians who lack basic rights and, indeed, moves toward the destruction of the Palestinian people through active expulsion and death.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Palestinian people need a future built on security, justice, and coexistence—not expulsion and perpetual exile.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Tsunamis are a series of long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of water in the ocean, usually from a large earthquake on or below the ocean floor.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Palestinians have held onto their initial displacement of 1947, which involved roughly a third as many people, for nearly 80 years.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Extradition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extradition. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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