as in expulsion
the forced removal from a homeland
the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492
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Recent Examples of deportation
But the immigration worries – with threats of arrest, detention, and deportation for workers – are just one way Trump’s policies are holding back construction.
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement For workers, these raids meant detention, family separation, and deportation.
—Jenn Tardy, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The agency has an open and continuous application portal for deportation officers, the deadline for which was extended from August to the end of October.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The day after Trump signed his proclamation, a federal judge in Washington issued a temporary restraining order that blocked deportation flights from leaving the country under the new policy.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement For workers, these raids meant detention, family separation, and deportation.
—Jenn Tardy, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The agency has an open and continuous application portal for deportation officers, the deadline for which was extended from August to the end of October.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The day after Trump signed his proclamation, a federal judge in Washington issued a temporary restraining order that blocked deportation flights from leaving the country under the new policy.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportation
expulsion
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Protesters, many older adults, were calling for the expulsion of the Israel-Premier Tech team which was stopped last week during a time trial by activists holding Palestinian flags.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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This latest expulsion followed an earlier Trump order revoking TPS protections granted by Biden in 2023 to another 348,000 Venezuelans, which brings the total number of expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to more than 600,000.—
Andres Oppenheimer
September 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Deportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportation. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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