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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A couple of days before the DHS issued the TPS termination notice for Venezuelans, Trump announced an agreement with the Venezuelan regime, led by Nicolás Maduro, to take back Venezuelan deportees from the U.S.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
Planes need a place to land, and many countries, including Venezuela, have typically refused to receive deportees.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Following visits from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Guatemala and El Salvador agreed to accept more deportees, from their countries and others.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
The governments of El Salvador and Guatemala have already agreed to accept migrant deportees from the U.S. who are not from their countries.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
Planes need a place to land, and many countries, including Venezuela, have typically refused to receive deportees.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Following visits from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Guatemala and El Salvador agreed to accept more deportees, from their countries and others.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
The governments of El Salvador and Guatemala have already agreed to accept migrant deportees from the U.S. who are not from their countries.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportee. Accessed 10 Mar. 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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