deportable
adjective
de·port·able
di-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl 
dē-
1
: punishable by deportation
deportable offenses
2
: subject to deportation
deportable aliens
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Officials were on the lookout for anything that could render an immigrant deportable, the department initially told the Associated Press (AP), potentially affecting up to 55 million people.
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
But, because an immigration judge has not ruled on his case, Kangethe has been left in a legal limbo and is considered deportable.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
That includes employees of Enforcement and Removal Operations, the section tasked with identifying and deporting undocumented immigrants and immigrants who commit deportable crimes, and Homeland Security Investigations, the arm of ICE responsible for investigating immigration and customs crimes.
—David Ulloa Jr, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Non-citizens charged with violent crimes have long faced deportation if convicted — a practice going back several U.S. administrations — particularly as the U.S. Congress expanded the list of deportable crimes in the mid-1990s.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
But, because an immigration judge has not ruled on his case, Kangethe has been left in a legal limbo and is considered deportable.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
That includes employees of Enforcement and Removal Operations, the section tasked with identifying and deporting undocumented immigrants and immigrants who commit deportable crimes, and Homeland Security Investigations, the arm of ICE responsible for investigating immigration and customs crimes.
—David Ulloa Jr, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Non-citizens charged with violent crimes have long faced deportation if convicted — a practice going back several U.S. administrations — particularly as the U.S. Congress expanded the list of deportable crimes in the mid-1990s.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Deportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportable. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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