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In Equatorial Guinea, deportees are held under armed guard at a remote hotel; some have contracted typhoid fever.
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 May 2026
Lind said the agreements fall into uncharted territory, with no clear rights for deportees, nor the legal or criminal frameworks to hold them.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The first flight of U.S. deportees arrived in Congo on April 16 and appears to be the same flight Yugar-Cruz was scheduled to be on.
—Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Apr. 2026
Lyons also faced questions about the training new ICE recruits have received and the conditions under which deportees are detained.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 May 2026
Lind said the agreements fall into uncharted territory, with no clear rights for deportees, nor the legal or criminal frameworks to hold them.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The first flight of U.S. deportees arrived in Congo on April 16 and appears to be the same flight Yugar-Cruz was scheduled to be on.
—Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Apr. 2026
Lyons also faced questions about the training new ICE recruits have received and the conditions under which deportees are detained.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportee
refugee
Noun
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The most recent deaths were recorded after a series of Israeli drone strikes in the past few days on towns and refugee camps in central Gaza and Gaza City.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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More than a year after Trump made this controversial change, one Afrikaner refugee applicant reached out to our NBC News tip line.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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