take into custody
Example Sentences
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The bill would require immigration agents to take into custody people who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025
But it is not clear how many people ICE might choose to take into custody, and the agency did not immediately clarify.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021
“A number of the children I interviewed came with aunts or uncles. It really isn’t necessary to take into custody many of these folks who are coming with families.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2019
It was clear, he wrote, that Congress had required the secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody immigrants released from criminal custody even if years had passed in the meantime.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2019
My directions are to take into custody a lady and gentleman travelling from Edinburgh in a specially-engaged compartment.
From Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
