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detainee
[ dih-tey-nee, dee-tey-nee ]
noun
- a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
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It detailed despicable acts of cruelty and ultimately concluded that such techniques, decreed to be legal by the Department of Justice, were “not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining cooperation from detainees.â€
Guantanamo is best known for holding suspected terrorists and the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, but some of the migrants held there are classified as “low-level†detainees.
That notice came as his administration defended sending more than 250 Venezuelan ICE detainees to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador over mere suspicion of gang affiliation, despite a federal order blocking such removals.
The statement said detainees remained handcuffed “in accordance with operational protocol,†but it did not address Ballal’s claims about detainment.
As of Wednesday morning, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee database identified Ozturk as being "In ICE Custody."
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