detained

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The same week both citizens were held, administration officials spoke on a panel at a border security conference in Phoenix and downplayed and denied that citizens have been mistakenly detained.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Marine Corps pilot Daniel Edmund Duggan, who was detained in Australia in 2022 on U.S. charges that he trained Chinese military pilots.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

She tells BBC Mundo she was detained less than two months after she was released under a supervision order in February, after a long legal battle during which she spent 14 months in detention.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Several French pro-Palestinian activists on Friday described what they said was a violent and humiliating ordeal after they were detained by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

He had been captured and briefly detained by the captain, only to be released by him for lack of physical evidence and reliable witnesses.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French