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In Equatorial Guinea, deportees are held under armed guard at a remote hotel; some have contracted typhoid fever.
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 May 2026
Lind said the agreements fall into uncharted territory, with no clear rights for deportees, nor the legal or criminal frameworks to hold them.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The first flight of U.S. deportees arrived in Congo on April 16 and appears to be the same flight Yugar-Cruz was scheduled to be on.
—Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Apr. 2026
Lyons also faced questions about the training new ICE recruits have received and the conditions under which deportees are detained.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 May 2026
Lind said the agreements fall into uncharted territory, with no clear rights for deportees, nor the legal or criminal frameworks to hold them.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The first flight of U.S. deportees arrived in Congo on April 16 and appears to be the same flight Yugar-Cruz was scheduled to be on.
—Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Apr. 2026
Lyons also faced questions about the training new ICE recruits have received and the conditions under which deportees are detained.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportee
refugee
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Carroz came to California as a Hmong refugee and earned a doctorate in education, equity and democracy from the University of California, Berkeley.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
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The plot focuses on a young man named Yahya, who must travel from Mecca to Berlin for his father’s cancer treatment, confronting past traumas and finding refuge in an encounter with a Syrian refugee nurse.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
23 June 2026
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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