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Recent Examples of deportee
The segment features interviews with Venezuelan deportees who were sent by the Trump administration last year to the harsh CECOT prison.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
The Trump Administration alleged that the deportees were gang members and drug traffickers, although many did not have criminal records.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
ProPublica and Verite News contacted the embassies and consulates for Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras and Vietnam to learn how those countries manage the repatriation of deportees whose U.S. prison sentences were cut short.
—ProPublica, 24 Nov. 2025
He was sent to Honduras, where immigration agents from Venezuela processed deportees from the U.S.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
The Trump Administration alleged that the deportees were gang members and drug traffickers, although many did not have criminal records.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
ProPublica and Verite News contacted the embassies and consulates for Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras and Vietnam to learn how those countries manage the repatriation of deportees whose U.S. prison sentences were cut short.
—ProPublica, 24 Nov. 2025
He was sent to Honduras, where immigration agents from Venezuela processed deportees from the U.S.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportee
refugee
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Vietnamese refugees who arrived in the 1970s and 80s transformed a stretch of run-down shops into a vibrant commercial district, and their children entered Oklahoma’s mainstream as judges, physicians, attorneys and business owners.—
Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
18 Feb. 2026
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Biden-era sponsorship of immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela also allowed more legal immigrants, and Milwaukee in particular became a hub for Burmese refugees from Myanmar.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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