detainee
Example Sentences
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The suit seeks to have the federal agencies comply with their own detention standards, and have conditions at the facility declared a violation of detainees’ 5th Amendment rights.
From Los Angeles Times
Following the death of a detainee, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Texas is facing renewed criticism for reported human rights abuses.
From Salon
His county has long held immigrant detainees for the federal government at the local jail.
Around 7,000 of the 9,000 detainees are being shifted to Iraq, where authorities will take over responsibility for holding them, official said.
Labor organizers, clergy leaders and immigrant rights groups gathered at La Placita Olvera to march down to the federal detention facility where Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds detainees.
From Los Angeles Times
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