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Recent Examples of deportee
The trend found in the Quinto Elemento Lab analysis – that more Mexicans were deported annually under the Biden administration than in the second Trump administration – is also reflected in statistics for deportees of all nationalities.
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Steve Fisher, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2026
And 60 Minutes temporarily held a segment about the El Salvadorian prison the Trump administration sent some deportees to.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
Documents ranged from official descriptions of the cotton experiment led by engineer Eduardo Chávez on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border to inventories listing of the belongings carried by deportees returning to Mexico.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Laos only started accepting deportees from the United States in 2025.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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Steve Fisher, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2026
And 60 Minutes temporarily held a segment about the El Salvadorian prison the Trump administration sent some deportees to.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
Documents ranged from official descriptions of the cotton experiment led by engineer Eduardo Chávez on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border to inventories listing of the belongings carried by deportees returning to Mexico.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Laos only started accepting deportees from the United States in 2025.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportee
refugee
Noun
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are hundreds of immigrant and refugee students in the district that do not attend INA, and Licata said those students are currently performing better than those at INA.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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