Synonyms of deportations

deportations

noun

plural of deportation

as in expulsions

the forced removal from a homeland

the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expulsions
• displacements
• migrations
• emigrations
• exiles
• banishments
• expatriations
• dispersions
• evacuations
• extraditions
• relegations
• diasporas
• ejections
• scatterings
• transportations
• dispossessions
• ostracisms
• ousters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• returns
• repatriations
• immigrations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deportations

The country singer also asked fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Rights, which helps children whose parents have faced deportations, during the opening night of her tour in Chicago back in August. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

But ongoing deportations from the United States threaten to bring these transfers, which are a lifeline for the country’s economy and its people, to a halt. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

The Hispanic American economy Trump made mass deportations a pillar of his first term and 2024 campaign. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

One is about deportations of migrants who can't be quickly sent back to their home countries. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

The circumstances of their deportations to Liberia are obviously very different form earlier waves. — Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

During the next Supreme Court term, the justices are set to grapple with a case with major implications for asylum-seekers alongside the challenge to third country deportations. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026

Administration officials say third-country deportations are the only way to remove the most difficult-to-deport immigrants, including violent criminals who have committed rapes and murders. — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026

The case is likely headed to the Supreme Court, which has previously allowed deportations to continue by lifting temporary injunctions. — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026