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The state's way of telling you the welcome mat was a trapdoor.
means The forced removal of a non-citizen from a country, usually for visa violations or criminal grounds.
from From Latin deportare, to carry away, where de means off and portare means to carry, the same root as porter and import.
Roman rootsRome banished citizens to remote islands as legal punishment.
Not a crimeIn US law it is civil, not criminal.
Word swapOfficials now prefer the softer term removal.