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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Under such a potential deal, Venezuela would take thousands of deportees from the United States in exchange for Trump not revoking current U.S. firms’ oil licenses in Venezuela.
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Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Omer Kanat, the executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a nongovernment group, said that his organization later learned that a few of the deportees had received long prison sentences, but that the fate of most was unknown.
—Nyrola Elimä, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
His team has already reached out to the governments of several countries to test their willingness to take deportees from third countries.
—Sarah Kinosian, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Taking potential deportees into custody is only the first step.
—Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Omer Kanat, the executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a nongovernment group, said that his organization later learned that a few of the deportees had received long prison sentences, but that the fate of most was unknown.
—Nyrola Elimä, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
His team has already reached out to the governments of several countries to test their willingness to take deportees from third countries.
—Sarah Kinosian, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Taking potential deportees into custody is only the first step.
—Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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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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