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Tuesday is an important day for about a thousand Iraqis with final deportation² orders.

A federal appeals court says Immigration and Customs Enforcement can try to resume deportations of these Iraqis to their former homeland.

That's even though advocates say many have lived in the U.S. since they were kids and speak only English, and that deportation could expose them to torture or death.

In a way, Sam Hamama is one of the "lucky ones." He was among more than a hundred Iraqis with final deportation orders rounded up on June 11, 2017.

More were detained in the weeks following.

ACLU attorneys agree Hamama would be at grave risk in Iraq. He could be arrested and tortured, or even murdered.

For one, he's fully³ Americanized. Americans are generally regarded as spies in Iraq. And he's a Chaldean Catholic.

There are only about 250,000 of this religious minority left in Iraq, and most had to flee their homes in the north because of ISIS.

"I have no idea where to go," says Hamama. "I have no family whatsoever⁵ back in Iraq. I'm 56 years old; you could say 45 years of my life have been in this country. Where am I going to go?"

Hamama is "lucky," because while the ACLU was challenging the legality of the detentions⁶, he got out and got a deportation appeal hearing before an immigration judge. His hearing will be in 2021.

Many of the 400 others who were rounded up also had time to get a hearing. Some have already won the right to stay in the U.S.

But there are about a thousand Iraqis who were never arrested. University of Michigan attorney Margo Schlanger says they could be in big, big trouble starting on Tuesday.

That's because a federal appeals court gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement the legal green light to immediately proceed with the deportations.

"Rather than giving them time to have a fair process, now they get to arrest them and hurry as hard as they can and deport¹ them as fast as they can," says Schlanger.

Congressman⁸ Andy Levin says four previous administrations allowed these Iraqis to stay in the U.S. He says the deportations would violate the United Nations Convention Against Torture and the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act.

What stopped the deportations in their tracks in 2017 was Iraq's refusal to take former nationals if they didn't agree to be deported⁹.

Levin says that may have changed.

"I'm very worried about what ICE intends to do here," says Levin. "And I'm hearing directly from the Iraqi government at the highest levels that they are being pressured by the Trump¹⁰ administration to take people back."

It’s not clear that's ICE's plan. The agency isn't saying what it will do next. But in a statement, it praised the appeals court for affirming its ability to continue the deportations.

Some of the Iraqis ICE wants to deport did commit violent crimes. Sam Hamama threatened someone with an unloaded gun during a road rage incident when he was a young man.

But ACLU attorneys say some others simply stayed past the terms of their visas, or committed minor⁴ crimes.

One Iraqi was convicted of misdemeanor fraud for selling cigarettes without a license¹¹; another was convicted of marijuana possession.

No matter what their crimes, if they don't already have a deportation appeal hearing scheduled, they're highly vulnerable to immediate⁷ deportation.

Sam Hamama says he got help from the ACLU in fighting to stay here. He says others in his situation should get help, too.

"You can't stop fighting," he says. "Appeal. I know it's hard. I know the money's a big deal, but find it, make it happen. Do not give up. Do not give up."

Meanwhile, efforts in Congress continue to try to help the Iraqis.

20 members of Congress, including five Republicans from Michigan, have urged ICE in a letter to defer¹² the deportations until each Iraqi gets a chance to appeal their deportation order before an immigration judge.

1 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。

2 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

5 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

6 detentions   

拘留( detention的名词复数 )； 扣押； 监禁； 放学后留校

参考例句：

• Teachers may assign detention tasks as they wish and some detentions have been actually dangerous. 老师可能随心所欲指派关禁闭的形式，有些禁闭事实上很危险。
• Intimidation, beatings and administrative detentions are often enough to prevent them from trying again. 恐吓，拷打和行政拘留足以阻止请愿者二次进京的脚步。

7 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

8 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

9 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

11 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

12 defer   

vt.推迟，拖延；vi.(to)遵从，听从，服从

参考例句：

• We wish to defer our decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
• We will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。