arrest
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Federal agents are using flight manifests to arrest travelers with lapsed visas, drawing objections over safety and protocol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Immediately after his arrest, Pirro and Trump claimed they had definitive proof Hearn had caused more than $1,000 in damage.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Fire officials took 65-year-old Herbert Wayne Smith into custody on Monday around 7:45 p.m., according to arrest records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The highest arrest rates were in London, the West Midlands and South West England.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
When Sophie Scholl’s boyfriend, Fritz Hartnagel, heard of Sophie’s arrest, he discharged himself from a military hospital, where he was recuperating from a war injury.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The arrests were made following a disturbance involving a group of men in Pontnewydd, near Pontypool, at about 19:15 on Thursday evening, Gwent Police said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Meanwhile, 701 arrests were made in the West Midlands and 693 in the South West - a 22% and 44% increase respectively.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Michoacán’s governor said in a statement that the U.S. action was a “preventive” measure after recent high-profile arrests by the Mexican government of criminals accused of extortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Airline-industry officials told the Journal that they want clarity on immigration-enforcement work in airports, whether ICE officers can make arrests with administrative warrants and whether they will avoid boarding planes to make arrests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
We did not think that the arrests were unrelated.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Two of the men arrested are in police custody.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Late last month in Denver, ICE officers arrested a woman on a jet bridge for a Southwest flight, an incident that was recorded on video and drew media attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Taele was arrested Sunday during his second visit to the golf course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In July, ICE reported it had arrested 51,000 people, the largest number in the Department of Homeland Security’s history, according to ABC News.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
And Quirin was afraid Heinck might talk if he was arrested or drank too much.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
She told her arresting officers she did not know Levy's name but she had seen him in the area.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju defended the government on Tuesday, saying it had acted swiftly after the exam paper leaks by arresting several people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The same two men figure in one of the book’s most arresting episodes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, community meetings about data centers are growing contentious, with police arresting a farmer in Oklahoma, three women in Wisconsin and a man in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
President Wilson responded by changing strategy and no longer arresting the protesters.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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