How to Use deport in a Sentence

deport

verb
  • Thousands of immigrants had been illegally deported.
  • Many parents were deported, complicating things even more.
    Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Musk has tweeted about deporting criminals, but does not appear to have explicitly expressed an opinion on Trump’s calls for mass deportations.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Because he could have been deported if that was the case.
    CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Just as the case has all along, the decision to deport Djokovic split opinion.
    Rod McGuirk, ajc, 16 Jan. 2022
  • But the performers for the most part deport themselves well.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Those who are deported can’t try to reenter for five years.
    Alexandra Hinojosa, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • Some of his colleagues feared that they would soon be deported.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Should Prince Harry be deported from the United States due to his past drug use?
    Giorgi Minasovi and Jonathan Jk Stoltman, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
  • At the time, he had been found to be in the U.S. without legal documents and was deported.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 25 June 2024
  • At the time that the formal charges were made, it was reported that the court could also decide to deport Wu.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 June 2022
  • Patino said none of her clients would speak on the record out of fear of being evicted and/or deported.
    Jim Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • But after his case went to court, his visa was revoked and Djokovic was deported from the country.
    Howard Fendrich, ajc, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The contractors threatened to deport anyone who fled, the suit said.
    Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 19 July 2024
  • He was deported in 2018 and the couple moved to Netaniya, Israel.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Her sister was the first to be deported, with her husband, followed by her brother and his wife.
    Nina Siegal, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
  • The goal is to spare people from being deported to countries in turmoil.
    Julie Carr Smyth, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2024
  • She and her mother were deported the summer before fourth grade, and went to live with her abuela in Chihuahua.
    Nick Fouriezos, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • And those who are ordered removed are not likely to be deported.
    Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The family strikes out on its own, but when the father is deported, Veronica moves in to help the mother.
    Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 3 July 2024
  • And because few have a pathway to legal status in the U.S., the greatest fear for many is being deported.
    Céline Gounder, STAT, 17 May 2024
  • He was first deported after driving the getaway car for a robbery as a teen in Georgia.
    Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The third and final concentration camp I was deported to was Neustadt-Glewe.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024
  • Roldan will be deported to his native Bolivia when his term ends.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • By then, Toaquiza had missed his hearing and a judge had ordered him and his family deported.
    Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • He was forced to skip some of the most important tournaments in tennis over the past two years, and last year was detained and deported from Australia ahead of the Open.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • He was caught, deported and punished with a lifetime reentry ban.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • If migrants show up, the Mexicans will deport them further south.
    Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
  • It is intended as the first step in the asylum process, and migrants who are found to lack a credible claim can be swiftly deported.
    Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Because of this pending motion, his attorney was shocked that ICE chose to deport him.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022

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