How to Use deport in a Sentence
deport
verb- Thousands of immigrants had been illegally deported.
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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But after his case went to court, his visa was revoked and Djokovic was deported from the country.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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