Emails Show ICE and Iran Worked Together on Deportations
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New emails show a secret plan. The US agency ICE worked with Iran. They planned to send Iranians back to Iran.
ICE is short for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It is a US government agency. It finds and removes people without legal papers.
The emails show ICE and Iran worked together quietly. This happened while President Trump was making plans about Iran. Some people worried about war with Iran at that time.
ICE gave Iran the names of some Iranians. Iran then agreed to take these people back. This is called a deportation. A deportation means sending a person back to their home country.
The news comes from emails found by reporters. The emails show plans for special flights. These flights would carry Iranians from the US to Iran.
Some people are surprised by this news. The US and Iran are usually not friendly. Working together on this seemed unusual to many people.
Vocabulary15 words
- ICE
- a US government group that finds and removes people without legal papers
- deportation
- sending a person back to their home country
- regime
- a country's government, often used for a strict one
- quietly
- done in a secret way, without telling many people
- flights
- trips by airplane
- emails
- messages sent by computer
- agency
- a government office that does a special job
- papers
- official documents that let you stay in a country
- plans
- ideas about what to do in the future
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- reporters
- people who find and write the news
- unusual
- not normal or common
- cooperation
- working together with someone
- request
- asking for something
- removes
- takes away or sends out
Quiz
Answer key
1. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 2. ICE and Iran worked together on deportations 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
New emails show a secret _____. The US agency ICE worked with Iran. They planned to send Iranians back to Iran.
ICE is short for Immigration and Customs _____. It is a US government agency. It finds and removes people without legal papers.
The emails show ICE and Iran worked together _____. This happened while President Trump was making plans about Iran. Some people worried about _____ with Iran at that time.
ICE gave Iran the _____ of some Iranians. Iran then agreed to take these people back. This is called a _____. A deportation means sending a person back to their home country.
The news comes from emails found by _____. The emails show plans for special _____. These flights would carry Iranians from the US to Iran.
Some people are _____ by this news. The US and Iran are usually not friendly. Working together on this seemed unusual to many people.
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