deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē 
di-
: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation
Examples of deportee in a Sentence
the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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Other immigration plans, including the detention of deportees at Guantanamo Bay and stopping the country's refugee resettlement program, have also been challenged in court.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Local authorities confirmed to Newsweek that none of the deportees had criminal records.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
An Air Force cargo plane based in Northern California was used to transport deportees from Texas to Central America last week.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Petro threatened retaliatory tariffs but later agreed to accept deportees, ending the standoff.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportee. Accessed 17 Apr. 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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