deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē 
di-
: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation
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the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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But Trump went a step further, echoing incoming border czar Tom Homan on the idea that to avoid family separations, U.S. citizen family members of deportees should voluntarily leave the country, rather than be able to sponsor their family to remain in the United States.
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Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
None of the deportees that Human Rights Watch interviewed were represented in their interactions with U.S. officials.
—Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2014
If other countries refuse to accept deportees (for example, Mexico refusing to accept deportees due to the 25 percent import tariff imposed by Trump on their goods), the detention centers would have to become internment camps for the detainees.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Provisions include expelling all Russian forces from Ukraine, ensuring accountability for war crimes, freeing prisoners of war and deportees, and more.
—Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
None of the deportees that Human Rights Watch interviewed were represented in their interactions with U.S. officials.
—Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2014
If other countries refuse to accept deportees (for example, Mexico refusing to accept deportees due to the 25 percent import tariff imposed by Trump on their goods), the detention centers would have to become internment camps for the detainees.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Provisions include expelling all Russian forces from Ukraine, ensuring accountability for war crimes, freeing prisoners of war and deportees, and more.
—Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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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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