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
As of June 2025, about 516,000 of them were enrolled in DACA, which offers two-year renewable work permits as well as protection from deportation.
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Mary Ellen Klas, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
The change in eligibility requirements comes from federal policy updates barring certain asylees, refugees, parolees, individuals with deportation or removal withheld, conditional entrants and victims of trafficking from accessing Cal Fresh, according to the Department of Public Social Services.
—Michele Gile, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
In mid-March, top Immigration and Customs Enforcement legal officials told field attorneys with the Department of Homeland Security in an email to stop filing new motions for third-country deportations tied to asylum cases.
—Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Federal law requires detention and deportation challenges to move through the separate immigration court system first, the ruling said.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Mary Ellen Klas, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
The change in eligibility requirements comes from federal policy updates barring certain asylees, refugees, parolees, individuals with deportation or removal withheld, conditional entrants and victims of trafficking from accessing Cal Fresh, according to the Department of Public Social Services.
—Michele Gile, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
In mid-March, top Immigration and Customs Enforcement legal officials told field attorneys with the Department of Homeland Security in an email to stop filing new motions for third-country deportations tied to asylum cases.
—Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Federal law requires detention and deportation challenges to move through the separate immigration court system first, the ruling said.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportation
expulsion
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In space, there is no gravity to assist with such expulsions.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Yet few have been deported, even as the White House pushes for ever more immigrant expulsions.—
Molly A. Wallace,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Deportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportation. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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