detention
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He is being held without bond at the county’s adult detention center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
He was twice held in immigration detention and threatened with deportation before a judge ruled there were no lawful grounds to detain him.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Lawmakers were denied entry when they tried to perform their mandated oversight duties at immigrant detention facilities.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Barron’s older brother, Donald Trump Jr., has called Tate’s 2023 detention “absolute insanity.”
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
The Thursday night before, he had gotten a letter from his father, who was still in Florida at the detention center.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
Independence Day celebrations by carrying out detentions and house arrests, the American Embassy in Havana said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Ebenezer, who took over Caldicot School in 2023, previously made headlines after introducing Saturday detentions as part of a tougher discipline policy.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The statute the government relied on for Black’s and G.M.’s detentions is the Immigration and Nationality Act.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
During the border security conference this month, the head of Customs and Border Protection, Rodney Scott, was asked about ProPublica’s reporting on citizens’ detentions and how the agency is addressing them.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
Ron hadn’t spoken to him at all since he had told him about Snape’s detentions.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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