deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē 
di-
: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation
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the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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Venezuelans were deported from the U.S. to El Salvador, a number of migrants were sent to Eswatini and South Sudan, and Rwanda has agreed to accept deportees.
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Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem made the final decision to allow a group of deportees to be handed over to El Salvador after a judge said their flights must be returned to the United States, the Justice Department said in a court filing Tuesday.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2025
Some of the deportees were held in far-off prisons or detention sites; others had gone into hiding.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
One family is tracking their deportee’s phone, with an app showing it on the move inside Ukraine, Samantha said.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
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Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem made the final decision to allow a group of deportees to be handed over to El Salvador after a judge said their flights must be returned to the United States, the Justice Department said in a court filing Tuesday.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2025
Some of the deportees were held in far-off prisons or detention sites; others had gone into hiding.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
One family is tracking their deportee’s phone, with an app showing it on the move inside Ukraine, Samantha said.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportee. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtē
: a person who has been deported or is under an order of deportation
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