A 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.
"All for a bad turn": a woman threatened with deportation to the United States due to a GPS error
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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