Migrant Mother, Children Detained By CBP After Taking Wrong Turn [Video]

A Guatemalan mother identified only as “Sarahi” was detained for five days by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and later transferred to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after accidentally taking a wrong exit toward the Ambassador Bridge to Canada while driving to Costco in Detroit, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Newsweek reached out to the CPB and ICE via email on Saturday for comment.

Why It Matters

This case highlights what immigrant advocates describe as increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s second administration. According to Sarahi’s attorney and the Michigan Immigration Rights Center, similar incidents in the past would typically have resulted in immediate release for families with children, rather than extended detention.

ICE revealed earlier this month that just over 28,000 deportationswere carried out in the first seven weeks of the Trump administration, after several weeks without official data updates. …