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The decision comes as the U.S. has increasingly pushed third-party nations to host deportees amid President Donald Trump's mass deportation promises.
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Massachusetts District Judge Brian Murphy allowed a request from government attorneys to temporarily hold a group of deportees in U.S. custody in Djibouti.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Murphy subsequently ordered the government to allow the would-be deportees to be interviewed by U.S. asylum officers to determine whether they could be tortured in South Sudan, the world's youngest country and a nation plagued by political turmoil, conflict and violence.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 June 2025
Catch up quick: The deportee, identified in court filings by the initials O.C.G., was granted withholding from removal status by an immigration judge in February.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 25 May 2025
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Massachusetts District Judge Brian Murphy allowed a request from government attorneys to temporarily hold a group of deportees in U.S. custody in Djibouti.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Murphy subsequently ordered the government to allow the would-be deportees to be interviewed by U.S. asylum officers to determine whether they could be tortured in South Sudan, the world's youngest country and a nation plagued by political turmoil, conflict and violence.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 June 2025
Catch up quick: The deportee, identified in court filings by the initials O.C.G., was granted withholding from removal status by an immigration judge in February.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportee
refugee
Noun
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And the Afghan refugees in Pakistan have no real rights to protect them.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
28 June 2025
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The terms of the peace deal signed on Friday call for both countries to end support for non-state groups, the return of refugees, and the creation of a joint security coordination mechanism aimed at resolving disputes.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
27 June 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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