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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Harsono’s attorney told Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul that his misdemeanor vandalism conviction is not a deportable offense.
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
To their knowledge, none of the students had committed a deportable offense.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Advocates said there are intersecting operations in Hawaii — welfare checks on unaccompanied children and enforcement actions against deportable immigrants.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
An immigration judge ruled in 2013 that Abrego Garcia, who had entered the U.S. illegally around five years earlier, was deportable but that he could not be removed to his home country of El Salvador, due to fears of violence from another gang: Barrio 18.
—Dan Gooding
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
To their knowledge, none of the students had committed a deportable offense.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Advocates said there are intersecting operations in Hawaii — welfare checks on unaccompanied children and enforcement actions against deportable immigrants.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
An immigration judge ruled in 2013 that Abrego Garcia, who had entered the U.S. illegally around five years earlier, was deportable but that he could not be removed to his home country of El Salvador, due to fears of violence from another gang: Barrio 18.
—Dan Gooding
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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“Deportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportable. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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