Thesaurus results for DEPORTEE

deportee

noun

ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē

as in refugee

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation

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Recent Examples of deportee Federal district judges have blocked DHS from using wartime powers to expedite deportations, and ordered some deportees returned. —

Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026 This third-country practice has continued, however, despite the fact that a number of deportees have been sent back to their home countries after arriving in the third country. —

Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026 The Venezuelan deportees were later released in July as part of a prisoner exchange. —

Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026 Hellerstein granted a temporary restraining order protecting deportees in the Southern District of New York from being removed prior to receiving due process. —

CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deportee

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refugee

Noun

People can qualify for benefits under the federal law if they were granted asylum, admitted as a refugee or are recognized as a victim of human trafficking, for example.

— ALEJANDRO SERRANO The Texas Tribune, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
Any encounter with the police, even if a refugee has a valid visa, is risky.

— George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026