21.   Deportation proceedings can take from a few weeks to several years, depending on the pace of appeals.

22.   Deportation proceedings were started, and Dahduli was jailed.

23.   Deportation proceedings should begin soon after a criminal alien is arrested, according to Norman Rabkin, a GAO specialist on the administration of justice.

24.   Even if they are released, they would still face deportation proceedings that could ultimately lead to their forced return to China.

25.   Federal District Judge Stephen Wilson issued injunctions against the deportation proceedings.

26.   He remains free -- working in a Seattle-area sandwich shop -- while deportation proceedings continue.

27.   He said deportation proceedings are scheduled to begin Tuesday, but the case probably will be continued.

28.   Her husband, Noel Gaynor, has been fighting deportation proceedings by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for most of their married life.

29.   If found to have misrepresented his wartime record, Sawczuk will face deportation proceedings, the Justice Department said.

30.   If the immigrant had ever been placed in deportation proceedings, the clock stopped.