detention center
noun
1
: a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept for a period of time
2
: a place where people who have committed crimes are kept as punishment
She spent several months in a detention center for women.
a juvenile detention center
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Georgia college student detained by ICE after mistaken traffic stop should self-deport, DHS says
Arias-Cristobal, a student at Dalton State College, was in the ICE detention center for two weeks.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 May 2025
Congresswoman McIver, a freshman representing New Jersey’s 10th District, was charged with assaulting and interfering with law enforcement after a tense May 9 encounter with ICE agents in Newark during an oversight visit to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.
—Essence, 23 May 2025
This nonsense all tracks back to a May 9 visit Baraka, McIver and other members of Congress made to a New Jersey immigration detention center.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Violence and prejudice CoreCivic, the nation’s largest for-profit prison chain, has repeatedly approached city and county officials about entering into a contract with ICE after the detention center was forced to close at the end of 2021 under a Joe Biden executive order.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 May 2025
Congresswoman McIver, a freshman representing New Jersey’s 10th District, was charged with assaulting and interfering with law enforcement after a tense May 9 encounter with ICE agents in Newark during an oversight visit to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.
—Essence, 23 May 2025
This nonsense all tracks back to a May 9 visit Baraka, McIver and other members of Congress made to a New Jersey immigration detention center.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Violence and prejudice CoreCivic, the nation’s largest for-profit prison chain, has repeatedly approached city and county officials about entering into a contract with ICE after the detention center was forced to close at the end of 2021 under a Joe Biden executive order.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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