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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More than a month after announcing the transfer of migrants to Guantanamo and the creation of spaces to house some 30,000 deportees, the Trump administration has suspended construction of tents at the base.
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Osmary Hernández and Manuel Cobela, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
But during a visit from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the country agreed to serve as a bridge for deportees, with the U.S. funding the operation.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
The deportation effort could take off in several months, aided by agreements from Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, and Costa Rica to take deportees from other nations, the sources said.
—Ted Hesson, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Maduro is going to want to extract more benefits for accepting all of the deportees, which could quickly add up to hundreds of thousands as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to end TPS as well as a humanitarian parole program that benefits Venezuelans among others.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
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Osmary Hernández and Manuel Cobela, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
But during a visit from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the country agreed to serve as a bridge for deportees, with the U.S. funding the operation.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
The deportation effort could take off in several months, aided by agreements from Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, and Costa Rica to take deportees from other nations, the sources said.
—Ted Hesson, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Maduro is going to want to extract more benefits for accepting all of the deportees, which could quickly add up to hundreds of thousands as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to end TPS as well as a humanitarian parole program that benefits Venezuelans among others.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportee. Accessed 22 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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