deportation center
Immigrant detention building
A deportation center is a facility where people are held while awaiting removal from a country, typically after immigration violations or failed asylum claims.
The term is sometimes used as a euphemism for immigration detention center, emphasizing the processing function over the confinement: Detainees at the deportation center waited months for their cases to be resolved.
- detentionTemporary official holding
- detention facilityPlace for confining people
- holding cellTemporary detention room
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
asylum · border · custody · holding · facility · ICE · cage · chain link · fence · guard · processing · undocumented · family separation · removal · ankle monitor · separation · immigration court · due process
- detention facilitiesjail, prison, cells, holding cell, inmates
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, border crossing, border security
deportation centerport of entry
Authorized border crossing location
welcome center · Ellis Island · arrival hall · border checkpoint
deportation centersanctuary
Protected sacred space
sanctuary city · home · safe haven · freedom · freedom of movement
deportation centernaturalization ceremony
Official event conferring citizenship
amnesty program · homeland · path to citizenship · home country · legal residency
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