deportation

noun

ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce deportation (audio)
Definition of deportationnext
as in expulsion
the forced removal from a homeland the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492

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Recent Examples of deportation He was transferred several times from the detention center in El Paso before finally landing at the facility near Phoenix, which is known to be the last stop before deportation. — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 Nearly half of all respondents in deportation proceedings filed in California courts do not have legal representation, according to TRAC data. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 But the Supreme Court reversed those rulings, saying in a 6-3 decision that immigrants from Syria and Haiti are not entitled to judicial orders postponing the terminations of their temporary deportation protections. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026 On board the deportation flight were 146 Venezuelans, including 19 women and seven children, according to ICE Flight Monitor, an initiative of Human Rights First, which tracks deportation flights, The Associated Press reported. — Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for deportation
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expulsion
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  • Accra’s 1969 migrant expulsion and Uganda’s mass ban three years later both triggered capital flight and supply chain chaos.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
  • The poems explore themes of loss, identity, artmaking and the natural world, as well as the 1885 expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Eureka, California.
    — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 21 June 2026
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