US EditionA wrong turn onto a bridge at the US-Canada border has a Detroit woman facing deportation
- Customs agents held a woman from Guatemala and her two US-born children in Detroit for nearly a week starting March 8.
- This happened after she mistakenly drove onto an international bridge near her home while using a phone app.
- Agents stopped them, took them to a facility, questioned and fingerprinted her, and she admitted unlawful US entry in 2018.
- CBP reported over 200 undocumented people encountered in Detroit crossings Jan 20 to March 21, with over 90% mistakenly using the bridge.
- She now faces removal proceedings in June 2025 while authorities placed her US-born children with a guardian.
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Mom Detained in Detroit After Wrong Turn at Border
A quick search for a Costco turned into a nearly weeklong detention for a Guatemalan mother and her children at the US-Canada border in Detroit after her phone's map app sent her to a bridge that connects the Michigan city to Canada. On March 8, the Guatemalan woman, her 19-year-old...
Wrong turn onto U.S.-Canada bridge has Detroit woman facing deportation
A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app's directions to the nearest Costco led them to the Ambassador Bridge.
According to one local elected official, of the 213 arrests since the beginning of the year on this bridge between the United States and Canada, 90% were due to an error of guidance.
Detroit woman may be deported after taking wrong turn at Canada-U.S. border
A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app’s directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada.
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