detain alien

Examples (10)

• Border Patrol has the authority to detain any suspected illegal alien.
• The undocumented alien was detained at the airport for further questioning.
• Immigration officers will detain any alien found without proper documentation.
• The government may detain an alien if they are considered a flight risk.
• The new law specifies the conditions under which authorities can detain an alien.
• By the time his lawyer arrived, the authorities had already detained the alien for 24 hours.
• Under what circumstances can you legally detain a resident alien?
• Detaining an alien without just cause is a violation of international human rights.
• The report stated that the primary objective was to detain the criminal alien before he could flee.
• She was concerned about the power of the state to indefinitely detain an alien.