deportation
noun
de·por·ta·tion
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən 
-pər-
1
: an act or instance of deporting
2
: the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial
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Examples of deportation in a Sentence
the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492
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Any mass deportation operation would likely be weighed down by underfunded and understaffed government agencies, lengthy court battles and baffling logistics.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Italy would welcome the migrants if they are granted international protection or organize their deportation from Albania if refused.
—Vlasov Sulaj and Llazar Semini, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024
Officials sent dozens of Haitians back to their home country, in the first deportation flight conducted by the U.S. government in months to Haiti, which has been gripped by violence.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 2 June 2024
Instead he was placed on temporary unpaid leave — all because of a bureaucratic backlog in processing work-permit applications for participants in DACA, the Obama-era program that offered deportation protection to immigrants without lawful status who arrived as youth.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Italy would welcome the migrants if they are granted international protection or organize their deportation from Albania if refused.
—Vlasov Sulaj and Llazar Semini, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024
Officials sent dozens of Haitians back to their home country, in the first deportation flight conducted by the U.S. government in months to Haiti, which has been gripped by violence.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 2 June 2024
Instead he was placed on temporary unpaid leave — all because of a bureaucratic backlog in processing work-permit applications for participants in DACA, the Obama-era program that offered deportation protection to immigrants without lawful status who arrived as youth.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
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deportation
noun
de·por·ta·tion
ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtā-shən
: an act or instance of deporting
specifically
: the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is illegal or detrimental to the public welfare compare exclusion
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