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Police and the army are still at the scene waiting to detain those who are not in need of medical care after resurfacing.

From BBC

Gonzalez, police said, tried to run away when an officer attempted to detain him.

Voters have passed a ballot proposition that would allow local and state police to arrest and detain people on the basis of their immigration status, and state courts to deport them.

From Slate

A cross-party committee of MPs scrutinising the previous proposals had welcomed the ban on their use, but had called for an increase in appropriate places to detain people in healthcare settings alongside the change.

From BBC

The bill is set to largely mirror proposals included in the draft Tory law, including raising the threshold to detain people, and requiring that there is a realistic prospect that suggested treatment would have a therapeutic benefit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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