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Earlier this year, the Trump administration paid Bukele’s government $6 million to detain hundreds of Venezuelan deportees in the country’s megaprison known as CECOT, where extreme overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, and violence have been documented.
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Elizabeth Bratton, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
On May 9, she was flown to Texas through the Alexandria airport; the next day, she was driven to Mexico in a caravan of buses with other deportees.
—Brent McDonald, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The Trump administration pledged millions of dollars to El Salvador to hold the deportees in CECOT.
—Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 30 July 2025
Some of those approached by the US, such as Nigeria, have decried being pressured to take in foreign deportees.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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Elizabeth Bratton, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
On May 9, she was flown to Texas through the Alexandria airport; the next day, she was driven to Mexico in a caravan of buses with other deportees.
—Brent McDonald, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The Trump administration pledged millions of dollars to El Salvador to hold the deportees in CECOT.
—Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 30 July 2025
Some of those approached by the US, such as Nigeria, have decried being pressured to take in foreign deportees.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportee
refugee
Noun
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Last month, the Borgo Laudato Si’ hosted a luncheon for roughly a hundred refugees, people who were homeless and others in need, as well as church volunteers who assist them.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Given Libya’s Mediterranean-facing coastline, it is seen by many refugees fleeing Sudan as a gateway to Europe, with over 200,000 Sudanese people arriving into the country since the outbreak of the civil war, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).—
Rory Fleming,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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