as in expulsions
the forced removal from a homeland
the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492
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Recent Examples of deportations
Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.
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Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Denunciations, roundups, missing people, deportations.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Over the past few months, the president has doubled down on his pledge of mass deportations, with escalating crackdowns in Latino neighborhoods in cities including Chicago.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
These include executive orders and regulatory changes to enforce immigration laws more strictly, pause or restrict refugee resettlement, reinstate rapid-expulsion policies like Title 42, expedite deportations, and increase border barrier construction.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
But the deportations of Cubans with criminal records to Mexico raise questions about how closely the administration is working with its southern neighbor to carry out the deportations.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Federal officials have taken several steps to achieve that end and turn arrests into deportations, according to interviews, immigration court data and national media reports.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Mayor Eric Adams said New York City doesn’t cooperate with federal law enforcement on civil deportations, in accordance with local laws, which are commonly called sanctuary policies.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The study continued until deportations to the Treblinka extermination camp, where many of the researchers would ultimately perish, began, in 1942.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Denunciations, roundups, missing people, deportations.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Over the past few months, the president has doubled down on his pledge of mass deportations, with escalating crackdowns in Latino neighborhoods in cities including Chicago.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
These include executive orders and regulatory changes to enforce immigration laws more strictly, pause or restrict refugee resettlement, reinstate rapid-expulsion policies like Title 42, expedite deportations, and increase border barrier construction.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
But the deportations of Cubans with criminal records to Mexico raise questions about how closely the administration is working with its southern neighbor to carry out the deportations.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Federal officials have taken several steps to achieve that end and turn arrests into deportations, according to interviews, immigration court data and national media reports.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Mayor Eric Adams said New York City doesn’t cooperate with federal law enforcement on civil deportations, in accordance with local laws, which are commonly called sanctuary policies.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The study continued until deportations to the Treblinka extermination camp, where many of the researchers would ultimately perish, began, in 1942.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportations
expulsions
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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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In recent months, tens of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan have crossed back into Afghanistan amid a wave of expulsions ordered by the Pakistani government.—
Zia ur-Rehman,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Deportations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportations. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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