"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.
'Despite being a tourist with no criminal record, she was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Tacoma, Washington,' he wrote in the March 8 post. She has remained in detention since, sharing a cell and 'surviving on a diet of cold rice, potatoes, and beans' with limited phone call access and 'no clear timeline for her release,' he added."
~ Tatyana Tandanpolie
"The new normal": As Trump pursues mass deportations, tourists land in ICE detention"
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