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
Trump, who campaigned on the promise of mass deportations, ended that option on his first day back in the White House.
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Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
This year has been nothing short of horrific for our country’s Latine population, thanks to the current administration’s anti-immigration legislation and numerous, often-violent ICE raids, resulting in mass deportations and detainment (sometimes among legal residents and citizens).
—Sofía Viera, Allure, 10 Oct. 2025
The case of Sergio Garcia—a chef who lived in Waco, Texas, who first came into the United States in 1989—underscores the concerns raised about deportations and has rattled the local community.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
In recent years, wars in Gaza and Ukraine, setbacks to women's reproductive health and LGBTQ rights, mass deportations, DEI rollbacks and school shootings have dominated headlines.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Advertisement The Administration has disregarded court orders, including plowing ahead with deporting 238 Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison in March after Boasberg blocked the deportations.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
In June, the State Department moved $250 million to DHS for voluntary deportations.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Shifts in the labor force The US unemployment rate can hold steady even the country adds fewer jobs than last year, economists say, noting more people aging out of the workforce, a rise in discouraged job seekers, a reduced flow of immigrants and rising deportations of workers.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
None of them had intervened forcefully against the deportations.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
This year has been nothing short of horrific for our country’s Latine population, thanks to the current administration’s anti-immigration legislation and numerous, often-violent ICE raids, resulting in mass deportations and detainment (sometimes among legal residents and citizens).
—Sofía Viera, Allure, 10 Oct. 2025
The case of Sergio Garcia—a chef who lived in Waco, Texas, who first came into the United States in 1989—underscores the concerns raised about deportations and has rattled the local community.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
In recent years, wars in Gaza and Ukraine, setbacks to women's reproductive health and LGBTQ rights, mass deportations, DEI rollbacks and school shootings have dominated headlines.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Advertisement The Administration has disregarded court orders, including plowing ahead with deporting 238 Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison in March after Boasberg blocked the deportations.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
In June, the State Department moved $250 million to DHS for voluntary deportations.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Shifts in the labor force The US unemployment rate can hold steady even the country adds fewer jobs than last year, economists say, noting more people aging out of the workforce, a rise in discouraged job seekers, a reduced flow of immigrants and rising deportations of workers.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
None of them had intervened forcefully against the deportations.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportations
expulsions
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The data is categorized into removals, enforcement returns, administrative returns and Title 42 expulsions — which were carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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This antisemitic myth has led to expulsions and murders of Jews for centuries.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Deportations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportations. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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