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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From tariff concessions to accepting deportees, India is pulling out all the stops to win favor with President Donald Trump ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House on Thursday.
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Here’s what its workers think of Trump’s tariffs The Colombian government had to do a humiliating about-face that month after President Gustavo Petro blocked two American military planes carrying Colombian deportees from entering his country.
—Rafael Romo, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
The Venezuelan government's decision to accept deportees comes amid recent tensions between the Trump administration and Colombia over a similar effort.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
The announcement comes at the heels of Trump saying last week that the South American country has agreed to take deportees back and to supply their transportation.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Here’s what its workers think of Trump’s tariffs The Colombian government had to do a humiliating about-face that month after President Gustavo Petro blocked two American military planes carrying Colombian deportees from entering his country.
—Rafael Romo, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
The Venezuelan government's decision to accept deportees comes amid recent tensions between the Trump administration and Colombia over a similar effort.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
The announcement comes at the heels of Trump saying last week that the South American country has agreed to take deportees back and to supply their transportation.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 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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