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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Mexico, therefore, accepted fewer deportees from the U.S. from the start of Trump’s second term compared to the same time period last year under former President Joe Biden’s administration.
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Danielle Wallace , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Tensions reached a boiling point when Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Colombian exports after President Gustavo Petro refused to comply with U.S. demands to take deportees.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Trump ignored a court order that planes carrying deportees should not leave the country.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Costa Rican officials have disputed reports by the country’s Ombudsman’s Office that the deportees arrived in Costa Rica in visible distress and that authorities failed to guarantee proper conditions for arriving deportees.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Danielle Wallace , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Tensions reached a boiling point when Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Colombian exports after President Gustavo Petro refused to comply with U.S. demands to take deportees.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Trump ignored a court order that planes carrying deportees should not leave the country.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Costa Rican officials have disputed reports by the country’s Ombudsman’s Office that the deportees arrived in Costa Rica in visible distress and that authorities failed to guarantee proper conditions for arriving deportees.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 18 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 3 May. 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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