take into custody
Example Sentences
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He pointed to a provision adopted by Congress in 1996 that said federal authorities “shall take into custody any alien” with an “aggravated felony” in their past.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022
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
It said federal authorities “shall take into custody any alien” convicted of certain crimes, some serious and some minor, “when the alien is released.”
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2019
It says the attorney general “shall take into custody any alien” who has committed certain offenses “when the alien is released” from state or local custody.
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2019
So much for the suspected criminal, whom we will not take into custody until he has galloped off in our own saddle.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
