One of the many reasons to love the decency and humanity of Dolly Parton.
“Musical giants such as the Byrds, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash and Pete Seeger had covered ‘Deportee,’ but no one with Parton’s mainstream fame. She released her version in 1980 as part of a concept album hailing blue-collar workers that was a companion to her hit film ‘9 to 5.’” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-26/dolly-parton-deportee-cover