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Sunday, February 22, 2026
A British grandmother's vacation to the U.S. ended with the woman being unlawfully held in immigration detention for six weeks. Karen Newton, 65, along with her husband Bill, 66, were detained by ICE after attempting to leave the U.S. and enter Canada. Karen told The Guardian that her tourist visa was valid, but her husband's had expired. When they were first held, the couple were persuaded to sign a voluntary self-removal form, which would allow them to return home on the U.S. government's dime plus receive a $1,000 "exit bonus." In return, they would not be able to return to the country for a decade. |
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More Alternate links: Google News | Twitter Despite signing the form after three days of detention, they were kept for an additional 39 days. When Karen looked for answers as to why she had been taken, she said she had heard from multiple guards that they were incentivized to detain as many people as possible. "Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain, the guards told me that," Karen said. Comments
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