deportable

Subject to expulsion

Deportable describes someone who can legally be removed from a country, typically for immigration violations or criminal convictions.

The term appears in legal and policy contexts: deportable offenses, deportable aliens.

Someone becomes deportable when they meet criteria that allow authorities to expel them: His conviction made him deportable.

immigration

undocumented

Not officially recorded

visa · overstay · status · illegal · immigrant · enforcement · raid · sanctuary · custody · removal

removal

extradition

Fugitive transfer between jurisdictions

exile · ousting · ejection · displacement · return · transfer · escort · flight · country of origin · consulate

status

overstay

Remain beyond appropriate duration

violation · entry · unauthorized · irregular · nonimmigrant · temporary · conditional · adjustment · lapsed

legal

hearing

Perceiving sound waves

waiver · admissibility · revocation · ineligible · unlawful · noncompliance · asylum · refugee · counsel · judge

offense

criminal

Person who breaks laws

misdemeanor · violation · fraud · smuggling · trafficking · assault · drug · theft · moral turpitude · sentence

Opposites
legal immigration status

deportablenaturalized

Given citizenship status

permanent resident · documented · legal resident · authorized · protected

citizenship/belonging

deportablecitizen

Legal national member

native-born · national · indigenous · birthright citizen · enfranchised

Family

support, report, port, transport, import, export, portable, deport, deportation

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