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The Donald Trump administration has previously sent deportees to El Salvador and South Sudan as part of its intensifying immigration crackdown, drawing scrutiny and legal challenges.
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 17 July 2025
The military has flown deportees to Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru, Defense officials confirmed to The Arizona Republic.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Since President Donald Trump took office, Venezuela has received more than 7,000 deportees.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
The Justice Department brought charges against more than a dozen defendants in the July 4 attack against an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot in the neck defending the center holding prospective deportees.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 17 July 2025
The military has flown deportees to Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru, Defense officials confirmed to The Arizona Republic.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Since President Donald Trump took office, Venezuela has received more than 7,000 deportees.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
The Justice Department brought charges against more than a dozen defendants in the July 4 attack against an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot in the neck defending the center holding prospective deportees.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportee
refugee
Noun
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But using military infrastructure to detain civilians, many of whom came here through legal pathways like asylum, humanitarian parole, and other refugee statuses, erodes the boundary between national defense and domestic enforcement.—
Chris Purdy,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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That’s why it’s being featured in her latest tour with the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, an ensemble comprising 74 musicians, all Ukrainian, including recent refugees and Ukrainian members of European orchestras.—
Olivia Giovetti,
Vogue,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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