Synonyms for detainees
de·tainees

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1. List of paraphrases for "detainees":

   prisoners, inmates, detained, arrested, detainee, held, inmate, convicts, prisoner, detention, custody, captives, arrestees, détenus, internees

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1. Mike Pompeo:

   We've been asking for the release of these detainees for 17 months, we'll talk about it again. It'd be a great gesture if they'd agree to do so.

2. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

   Our law is really clear, these detainees cannot come to American soil.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   I'm suggesting the system has failed miserably and advocates to change the system like she was advocating would destroy our ability to protect this country, look at the frigging Afghan government it's made up former detainees at Gitmo.

4. Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano:

   This administration is telling the American people, taxpaying citizens, that [the border] is under control, how is an increase of 396% under control, while this time last year it was 18,000 detainees -- we are at 97,000 in this sector alone.

5. Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte:

   The more Americans understand about the terrorist activities and affiliations of these detainees, the more they will oppose the administration's terribly misguided plans to release them.