detention camp
Example Sentences
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It focuses on a group called the French 75, who kick things off by liberating an immigration detention camp at the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Escape attempts from the largest detention camp in northeast Syria, Al Hol, have increased this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
The detention camp contract at Fort Bliss, which could eventually hold 5,000 people, was awarded to a consortium of firms led by a company on the military contracting list for over $1 billion.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2025
After being held in a US detention camp for a few days, Fallou was eventually given leave to remain as an asylum seeker.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
Darlingest Mother and Dad:— To-day I went to the Jewish detention camp with the wife of the French Consul here.
From Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 by Ruth Pierce
