"I really can't understand why someone, a tourist, would be incarcerated and locked up. It's like we're living in a nightmare we can't wake up from."
"She's in this orange prison outfit... she just feels so isolated and desperate, you can imagine, she's saying, I want to come home."
Rebecca Burke, a 28-year-old British graphic artist, was detained for 10 days by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after attempting to re-enter the U.S. from Canada. Initially, she had been traveling across North America on a tourist visa but was told that her arrangement to do domestic chores for accommodation required a working visa. Despite staying with a host family and sightseeing, her attempt to cross back led to her detention, prompting concern from her family about her circumstances and the immigration process.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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