Self-deportation
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A voluntary emigration by members of an unwanted or illegal population, often as a result of policies that make staying in their country of residence difficult.
"Doak encouraged local immigration officers, law enforcement agencies, and repatriation-sympathetic newspapers to join forces to publicize deportation raids, frightening many Mexicans into self-deportation."
Example
More examples"Doak encouraged local immigration officers, law enforcement agencies, and repatriation-sympathetic newspapers to join forces to publicize deportation raids, frightening many Mexicans into self-deportation."
Etymology
From self- + deportation.
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