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detention

[dih-ten-shuhn] / dɪˈtɛn ʃən /


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Congressional Democrats sent a letter earlier this month opposing the possibility that it could reopen as an immigrant detention facility.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is suing the GEO Group, the private firm running the ICE detention center, demanding access.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Riot control vehicles and detention vans were also deployed, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

The complaint is being filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are currently held in Equatorial Guinea under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention", according to the lawsuit, seen by AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“Are we placing her in detention or sending her to summer camp?” asked the prosecutor.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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