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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These include limiting due process to speed deportations and expanding the pool of potential deportees by ensnaring people in the country lawfully.
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Boasberg, who currently serves as the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, issued a temporary restraining order halting the deportations—but the planes carrying deportees still took off from the U.S. and landed in El Salvador.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The United States is paying $6 million to El Salvador to house the deportees.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
Yet El Salvador will not return the deportee, said President Bukele in Washington, citing his own country’s crackdown on crime.
—Caitlin Babcock, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Boasberg, who currently serves as the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, issued a temporary restraining order halting the deportations—but the planes carrying deportees still took off from the U.S. and landed in El Salvador.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The United States is paying $6 million to El Salvador to house the deportees.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
Yet El Salvador will not return the deportee, said President Bukele in Washington, citing his own country’s crackdown on crime.
—Caitlin Babcock, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deportee
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportee. Accessed 30 Apr. 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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