deportable
adjective
de·port·able
di-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl 
dē-
1
: punishable by deportation
deportable offenses
2
: subject to deportation
deportable migrants
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The Democratic members of Maryland’s delegation threw their arms around a deportable individual alleged to be a member of a violent gang.
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Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
During that same period, ICE arrested more than 285,000 foreigners accused of being in the country illegally or of being deportable.
—Hadriana Lowenkron, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
In her ruling, Judge Sooknanan concluded that federal law does not authorize the administration to hold deportable migrants at overseas military installations.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
So with no hearing and no ruling from a judge, Kangethe was stuck in a bureaucratic void — and considered deportable.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
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Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
During that same period, ICE arrested more than 285,000 foreigners accused of being in the country illegally or of being deportable.
—Hadriana Lowenkron, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
In her ruling, Judge Sooknanan concluded that federal law does not authorize the administration to hold deportable migrants at overseas military installations.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
So with no hearing and no ruling from a judge, Kangethe was stuck in a bureaucratic void — and considered deportable.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Deportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportable. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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