deportees

noun

plural of deportee
as in refugees
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation

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refugees
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  • The case centers on the Cuban government shooting down two Brothers to the Rescue flights, a civilian rescue group dedicated to saving refugees fleeing the authoritarian Castro regime — then run by Raul Castro’s older brother Fidel.
    — Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Trump has vastly expanded ICE to ramp up deportations of immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, and the agency was a major part of last year’s law-enforcement surge in the Chicago area known as Operation Midway Blitz.
    — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
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