deportable
adjective
de·port·able
di-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl 
dē-
1
: punishable by deportation
deportable offenses
2
: subject to deportation
deportable aliens
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Immigration categories at the time were different, but Chinese immigrants were ineligible to naturalize and were deportable, similar to today’s unauthorized immigrants.
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Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 9 Feb. 2025
Trump has ended the program and immigration authorities have expanded the pool of deportable immigrants to include beneficiaries of humanitarian parole.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Antonio Maria Delgado and Verónica Egui Brito Miami Herald (tns), arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Sanctions against countries that won’t take back deportable citizens
A third source involved in transition conversations regarding homeland security policy said sanctions are not a matter of if but when and how many.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 2025
Immigration advocates have been calling on President Biden to exercise as much executive muscle as possible to protect immigrants who could be rendered functionally undocumented and deportable by actions taken under Trump.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 9 Feb. 2025
Trump has ended the program and immigration authorities have expanded the pool of deportable immigrants to include beneficiaries of humanitarian parole.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Antonio Maria Delgado and Verónica Egui Brito Miami Herald (tns), arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Sanctions against countries that won’t take back deportable citizens
A third source involved in transition conversations regarding homeland security policy said sanctions are not a matter of if but when and how many.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 2025
Immigration advocates have been calling on President Biden to exercise as much executive muscle as possible to protect immigrants who could be rendered functionally undocumented and deportable by actions taken under Trump.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Deportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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