A number of tourists from European countries have been detained by ICE in recent weeks when attempting to enter the United States, their planned vacations instead turning into long stretches in detention. Experts say their arrests are an apparent escalation in enforcement action as President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown rages on.
In the last month, at least three tourists — two from Germany and one from the United Kingdom — were stopped at a U.S. port of entry and detained for at least two weeks. The latest incident involves 28-year-old Welsh artist Rebecca Burke, who was handcuffed and detained when attempting to re-enter the country in Washington after being turned away by Canadian border officials, according to her father, Paul Burke. In a plea for help on Facebook, he said that his daughter was denied entry into Canada due to "an incorrect visa" and was refused re-entry and classified as an "illegal alien" by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
