How to Use detainer in a Sentence

detainer

noun
  • This was the second time a detainer request was lodged for him in less than six months.
    — Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The jail declined one detainer request during that time span.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 7 May 2018
  • People who are on ICE detainers wear a green band on their wrists.
    — Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Then the department receives the detainer, serves it and places a hold in the system.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
  • If none of those happen, the landlord can sue for unlawful detainer.
    — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2022
  • There are fewer than 100 detainers in county [jails] statewide.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Records showed he was being held on a fugitive detainer from Cook County.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • An unlawful detainer action is for a matter of there being no rental agreement, there’s no rent to be paid.
    — Bill Zimmerman, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 May 2018
  • Once a detainer is lodged, the possibility of bail is revoked.
    — Maura Ewing, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
  • If all the detainers get lifted, these cases won’t be resolved because people would fight [their cases] from the street.
    — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • To address that, detainers ask that these people be held for up to an additional 48 hours.
    — Caitlin Dickerson, The Seattle Times, 21 Aug. 2017
  • But Oakman said that detainer would likely not have come up in this situation.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Dallas office both have a federal detainer agreement with the jail, county records show.
    — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2022
  • That decision sparked a ripple effect in the state, causing jails and police to no longer agree to such civil detainers.
    — oregonlive.com, 11 June 2019
  • The records also show an ICE hold and federal detainer have been lodged against him.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • One way for law enforcement to assist in the task is to comply with immigration detainers.
    — Ryan Martin, Indianapolis Star, 11 Feb. 2018
  • The second suspect now also has a detainer for the Alabama charges.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 June 2023
  • That 48-hour detainer does not apply to jails that have a contract with ICE.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
  • State law requires Texas jails to comply with ICE detainers.
    — Aileen Clarke, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Clifford said the program will streamline placing detainers on people already in custody at the jail.
    — Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance, Idaho Statesman, 26 May 2026
  • The next day, the agency’s Philadelphia office filed a detainer against him.
    — Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • He was later released on bond and turned over to ICE in Hartford on a detainer.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Because detainers are not signed by a judge, many states — including Minnesota — treat them with some caution.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Guzman bonded out of custody before ICE was able to lodge a detainer.
    — Pilar Arias , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • An unlawful detainer starts the formal court process for an eviction, which can end up on a person’s record and be viewed by potential landlords.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
  • If the city had honored ICE's detainer request, his victim would be alive today.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2020
  • If the city had honored ICE’s detainer request, his victim would be alive today.
    — WSJ, 5 Feb. 2020
  • He was released when city officials did not honor an ICE detainer.
    — Jeff Gammage, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The detainer wasn’t honored, but ICE arrested him at his home weeks later.
    — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The officers were instructed to not be involved in the service of the detainer, but to stand by from a distance to keep the peace if necessary.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 July 2019

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