deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē 
di-
: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation
Examples of deportee in a Sentence
the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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Cuba consistently rejects deportees who have committed violent offenses.
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) blasted open border policies after a four-time deportee was convicted of murdering a Tacoma auto dealer.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Eswatini, Rwanda, and South Sudan have already accepted deportees from the US, sparking debate over the legality of the move and concerns for the migrants’ basic rights.
—semafor.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The document, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations in El Salvador, showed that initially the deportees would be held for up to a year at CECOT, unless another decision was made on their detention.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) blasted open border policies after a four-time deportee was convicted of murdering a Tacoma auto dealer.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Eswatini, Rwanda, and South Sudan have already accepted deportees from the US, sparking debate over the legality of the move and concerns for the migrants’ basic rights.
—semafor.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The document, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations in El Salvador, showed that initially the deportees would be held for up to a year at CECOT, unless another decision was made on their detention.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 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 Sep. 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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