deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē 
di-
: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation
Examples of deportee in a Sentence
the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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Early in his presidency, ICE arrested over 32,000 people, nearly half with no criminal history, and by February, over 40 percent of deportees had no criminal record.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Vietnam, Tuan Thanh Phan's home, has also been on the list of countries with limits on accepting deportees.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 1 June 2025
For instance, after Trump vowed a 50% tariff on goods from Colombia unless the country accepted deportees, Colombian President Gustavo Petro ultimately backed down, accepting those deportation flights.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
The big picture: The order to facilitate the return of yet another deportee in a case with similarities to that of Kilmar Armando Ábrego García's battle for release marks an escalation in pressure on the Department of Homeland Security amid its high-speed deportation push.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 25 May 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Vietnam, Tuan Thanh Phan's home, has also been on the list of countries with limits on accepting deportees.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 1 June 2025
For instance, after Trump vowed a 50% tariff on goods from Colombia unless the country accepted deportees, Colombian President Gustavo Petro ultimately backed down, accepting those deportation flights.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
The big picture: The order to facilitate the return of yet another deportee in a case with similarities to that of Kilmar Armando Ábrego García's battle for release marks an escalation in pressure on the Department of Homeland Security amid its high-speed deportation push.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 25 May 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportee. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtē
: a person who has been deported or is under an order of deportation
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