Paywall / January 10, 2026

Deportation and the Silence That Follows

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Editor’s note: The essay “Deportation and the Silence That Follows” by Taiwo Adepetun, published on January 10, 2026, has been removed from The Nations website because it did not meet the publication’s editorial standards.

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