as in refugee
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation

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Recent Examples of deportee This matches up with an increase in activity at the U.S.-Mexico border, which has become a greater source of deportees than from elsewhere in the country over Biden's presidency. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 Mexico was the most common destination for deportees, with 87,298 removals, followed by Guatemala and Honduras, with 66,435 and 45,923 removals, respectively. Joanne Haner, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024 Related article Mexico wants a deal with Trump to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees CNN has reached out to Productos Hospitalarios for comment. Abel Alvarado, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024 But Trump went a step further, echoing incoming border czar Tom Homan on the idea that to avoid family separations, U.S. citizen family members of deportees should voluntarily leave the country, rather than be able to sponsor their family to remain in the United States. Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for deportee 

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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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