Antonyms for deportation
ˌdi pɔrˈteɪ ʃən, -poʊr-de·por·ta·tion

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1. deportation

   Antonyms:
   exportation, emigration, displacement

   Synonyms:
   arrival, importation, placement, reconsignment

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1. • Ejection

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1. exile, deportation, expatriation, transportationnoun

   the act of expelling a person from their native land

   "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

   Synonyms:
   fare, expat, emigration, transport, expatriate, shipping, transportation, exile, transportation system, transferral, transfer, out-migration, deportee, conveyance, transit, expatriation

2. deportationnoun

   the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

   Synonyms:
   expatriation, transportation, exile

How to use deportation in a sentence?

1. Francisco Erwin Galicia:

   It was inhumane how they treated us, it got to the point where I was ready to sign a deportation paper just to not be suffering there anymore.

2. Emily August:

   She was here as an (undocumented) immigrant in her 20s as a college student, and she told this story for the first time publicly of her deportation hearing. It was incredibly powerful.

3. Norma Martinez:

   I don't want to go on living in hiding, But what happens if they take the program away, it would mean automatic deportation.

4. Stephan Mayer:

   Particularly, since numerous privileges such as much more complex care and a ban on deportation are tied to the status of being minor.

5. Donald Trump:

   You're going to have a deportation force, and you're going to do it humanely, don't forget, Mika, that you have millions of people that are waiting in line to come into this country and they're waiting to come in legally. And I always say the wall, we're going to build the wall. It's going to be a real deal. It's going to be a real wall.

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