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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But now, disappointed with the pace of arrests, the Trump administration is casting a wider net by targeting anyone deportable.
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
That Khalil, unsupported by the university, was arrested without due process, disappeared in Jena, Louisiana, and deemed deportable, sets the stakes for the viewers before the film begins.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Harsono’s attorney told Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul that his misdemeanor vandalism conviction is not a deportable offense.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
To their knowledge, none of the students had committed a deportable offense.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
That Khalil, unsupported by the university, was arrested without due process, disappeared in Jena, Louisiana, and deemed deportable, sets the stakes for the viewers before the film begins.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Harsono’s attorney told Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul that his misdemeanor vandalism conviction is not a deportable offense.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
To their knowledge, none of the students had committed a deportable offense.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Deportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportable. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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