British Tourist Detained by ICE for 19 Days Warns Against All US Travel [Video]

A U.K. woman has spoken of time in detention after being branded an illegal alien by American border officials, as she warned other would-be travelers not to get caught up in President Donald Trump‘s immigration crackdown.

Rebecca Burke, a 28-year-old graphic artist from Monmouthshire, South Wales, told British newspaper The Guardian how she had been refused entry to Canada from the state of Washington.

She told the paper after she was sent back to the U.S, American officials classed her as an illegal alien, shackled and transported her to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center, where she was locked up for 19 days.

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Trucks prepare to cross the US-Canada border at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, on March 8, 2025.GEOFF ROBINS/Getty Images