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
The Pentagon last month approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the DOJ to serve as temporary immigration judges, with the administration tapping the military to boost its effort to process and accelerate deportation maneuvers.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
For instance, border patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers are still being paid as the shutdown nears the one-month mark.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
The flight originated in Alexandria, Louisiana, home to the largest deportation hub in the United States, then made a stop in Atlanta, and continued south to Tapachula, according to ICE Flight Monitor.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The educators and journalists are the latest high-profile Miamians to condemn the White House’s immigration enforcement mandate, which has led to the arrest of immigrants in South Florida who would have not been priorities for detention and deportation under the previous administration.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
For instance, border patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers are still being paid as the shutdown nears the one-month mark.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
The flight originated in Alexandria, Louisiana, home to the largest deportation hub in the United States, then made a stop in Atlanta, and continued south to Tapachula, according to ICE Flight Monitor.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The educators and journalists are the latest high-profile Miamians to condemn the White House’s immigration enforcement mandate, which has led to the arrest of immigrants in South Florida who would have not been priorities for detention and deportation under the previous administration.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportation
expulsion
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Israel’s first occupation of Gaza was characterized by war crimes, massacres, and expulsions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Robert Eggers' first feature tells a folk horror tale about a devout family — led by father William (Ralph Ineson) and his wife, Katherine (Kate Dickie) — living on an isolated farm in 1630s New England after their expulsion from Puritan society.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Deportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportation. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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