Examples of detainer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If passed, the bill would compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary to issue detainers for migrants who are known by law enforcement to be affiliated with a gang. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024 Those policies prevent cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers. Rebecca Pryor, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024 In the course of business, ERO lodges immigration detainers against noncitizens who have been arrested for criminal activity and taken into custody by state or local law enforcement. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2024 The Big Apple is a sanctuary city, meaning local law enforcement generally does not cooperate with ICE detainers, which are requests that the agency be notified before the immigrant is released from custody and to keep them in custody until ICE can take custody of them. Greg Norman, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for detainer 

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“Detainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detainer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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