<"I'm not saying it's the case, but perhaps the American immigration
people are really asking if you have been served an arrest warrant
(which requires the involvement of a court), rather than merely being
compelled (rather than invited) to "accompany the officer to the
station".">
But if the US are asking "Have you ever been arrested?", and if you have
been asked to accompany an officer to the station, then the answer is no.
Being asked to accompany an officer is a voluntary thing and no arrest has
taken place. You tell when you are arrested as you are read your rights.
Whilst I have never been arrested, I have been asked to accompany an officer
to a station. A rather surreal experience as he was on horseback.
As for "can you be dearrested", it rather sounds like another Americanism
creeping in, although I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it's an olde
English word!
Simon Howarth.
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