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Affidavits from five Cuban men described being forced onto buses on several occasions and driven to Santa Teresa, N.M., a remote, one-lane border crossing where tumbleweeds pile up against an 18-foot-tall border wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Affidavits for warrants are typically sworn to by federal agents and are used to persuade judges that it is worth invading someone's privacy to collect proof of violations of the law.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2022

Affidavits typically contain information addressing why authorities think there is evidence at a certain property and other details about their investigation.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

Affidavits in both cases mention a seconds-long video in which a woman — federal agents say is believed to be Williams — told someone: “Dude, put on gloves.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

Affidavits of this character are readily made matter of mystification.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker