1
as in detentions
the state of being held in lawful custody
keep him in detainer for at least 72 hours
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as in appropriations
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
she filed an action for unlawful detainer of land after nonpayment of rent
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Recent Examples of detainers
At issue in the case was the Boston Trust Act, which prohibits Boston Police and other city departments from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration detainers.
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Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Clifford said the program will streamline placing detainers on people already in custody at the jail.
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Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance,
Idaho Statesman,
26 May 2026
From July 2024 to June 2025, the NYPD received 3,672 requests for civil immigration detainers, up from just 99 detainer requests from the same time period a year prior.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
Garcia Martinez was processed for federal immigration law violations and transported to a detention facility with detainers to ensure extradition to New York after final adjudication of the immigration violations, CBP said.
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Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
The sheriff’s department has to honor ICE detainers, under state law, or the county could be sued, Gore said.
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Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Immigration detainers are requests for state or local law enforcement agencies to hold a person in criminal custody and to notify ICE before their release.
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Liz Teitz,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 Apr. 2026
According to the lawsuit, Connecticut has honored less than 20% of the civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government since 2020.
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Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
Afterward, Moore issued three directives clarifying that state and local agencies may still cooperate with ICE on criminal matters and immigration detainers.
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Jeff Barker,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Apr. 2026
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Clifford said the program will streamline placing detainers on people already in custody at the jail.
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Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance,
Idaho Statesman,
26 May 2026
From July 2024 to June 2025, the NYPD received 3,672 requests for civil immigration detainers, up from just 99 detainer requests from the same time period a year prior.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
Garcia Martinez was processed for federal immigration law violations and transported to a detention facility with detainers to ensure extradition to New York after final adjudication of the immigration violations, CBP said.
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Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
The sheriff’s department has to honor ICE detainers, under state law, or the county could be sued, Gore said.
—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Immigration detainers are requests for state or local law enforcement agencies to hold a person in criminal custody and to notify ICE before their release.
—
Liz Teitz,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 Apr. 2026
According to the lawsuit, Connecticut has honored less than 20% of the civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government since 2020.
—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
Afterward, Moore issued three directives clarifying that state and local agencies may still cooperate with ICE on criminal matters and immigration detainers.
—
Jeff Barker,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detainers
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Some media outlets, however, reported that some of those detained were politicians or activists, leading to allegations of arbitrary detentions.
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Immigration authorities say the detentions of a Somali referee and two Iraqi national team members were part of routine vetting.
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The Senate’s appropriations committee is at loggerheads over how much spending to authorize.
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With few exceptions, the limit applies to most appropriations of tax revenue, including when lawmakers put money away in the rainy day fund and other reserves.
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Once a technically complicated legal rarity used to challenge improper incarcerations, habeas corpus petitions have become the predominant avenue for immigrants seeking release from detentions that increasingly end only with a deportation order.
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Despite their felony convictions and impending incarcerations, both former Met police career criminals continue to collect their monthly kisses in the mail — $8,850 a month for Cederquist and $6,020 for Butner.
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The seizures added up to about 420 grams of cocaine, $2,291 in cash, a rifle, four pistols, various magazines and ammunition, and digital scales and packaging materials believed to be used in narcotics distribution, the sheriff's office said.
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In more severe cases, neurological signs develop, such as seizures.
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More people know about arbitrary arrests and imprisonments.
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Darling pointed to recent high profile imprisonments of Baha’i cousins Peyvand Naimi and Borna Naimi, who have undergone torture to force confessions and face possible death sentences.
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Teen takeovers are a social media phenomenon, created when young people designate a gathering place and start showing up en masse.
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This is of course also how state media happens, not always with government takeovers but an industry so executive-level powerful your biggest platforms cower in its presence.
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But county commissioners voted in February to put a moratorium on annexations and incorporations for at least five years to give the county time to assess the fiscal impact of future annexation and incorporations.
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“Detainers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detainers. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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