detention
Example Sentences
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Family members found the cards, which read “Denver Field Office” and listed the address and contact information of a detention facility in the city of Aurora.
From Salon
For now, Guan remains in detention and the Department of Homeland Security has a 30-day window where it could appeal the decision.
From Barron's
The surge of immigration detention flights at Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport spurred plane spotter Nick Benson to shift from tracking rare and unusual aircraft to cataloging the removal of detainees from Minnesota.
From Barron's
Mexico’s laws ban foreign agents from being physically present in law-enforcement operations on its soil and taking part in detentions or raids.
The Department of Homeland Security has the right to appeal the decision within 30 days so Guan remains in a New York detention center for now, said his lawyer, Chuangchuang Chen.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
