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Recent Examples of deportee
However, during Trump’s first term, more pressure was put on Vietnam to accept deportees and ICE began to detain those who arrived before 1995.
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Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 20 May 2025
In particular, the reforms are expected to remove the requirement that a deportee have a connection to the country of deportation, something that would mark a major shift in policy up until now.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
One of the countries on the list is in fact Rwanda, which has already taken in one U.S. deportee, an Iraqi citizen, and is now in talks about receiving more.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Earlier this month, during a recent White House meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, Trump floated the possibility of extending the criteria of deportees arriving in the Central American country to U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 20 May 2025
In particular, the reforms are expected to remove the requirement that a deportee have a connection to the country of deportation, something that would mark a major shift in policy up until now.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
One of the countries on the list is in fact Rwanda, which has already taken in one U.S. deportee, an Iraqi citizen, and is now in talks about receiving more.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Earlier this month, during a recent White House meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, Trump floated the possibility of extending the criteria of deportees arriving in the Central American country to U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportee
refugee
Noun
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Earlier this month, Trump offered refugee status to 59 white South Africans who Trump claimed were being targeted for violence.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Trump welcomes white South Africans as other refugees are halted Although apartheid rule ended long ago, the typical Black South African household has just 5% of the wealth of the typical White household, according to a 2024 study by researchers at The Africa Institute and the University of Zambia.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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