Sentence examples for could detain from inspiring English sources

Under his proposal, the Department of Homeland Security could detain such immigrants.

The verdict was a setback for the military prosecutors, who had contended that they could detain him indefinitely.

In the past, the police could detain and repatriate anyone not carrying proper identification for a particular city.

The verdict was a sharp setback for Pentagon officials, who had contended they could detain him indefinitely.

Or the one that said the president could detain anyone he chose to detain whenever he wanted to detain them, without any charges or even evidence of wrongdoing.

It told Judge Bates that the president could detain without trial only people who were part of Al Qaeda or its affiliates, or their "substantial" supporters.

"If you had a law enforcement system and then a justice system that could reliably detain suspected narcos when they land — if they could seize the goods and put together a strong case".

I couldn't detain her anymore.

Latvian police have said that without a warrant they could not detain Zalkalns.

That meant that although the police could briefly detain the ramblers, they were powerless to take any further action.

In the second case, the court said the government could not detain immigrants indefinitely, even if they had committed crimes.