Tacoma, Washington – US Immigration and Customs Enforcement abducted and held a 65-year-old British woman who was in the country on a valid tourist visa at a detention center for six weeks.
When a simple error was noticed at the Canadian border, Karen Newton and her 66-year-old husband, Bill, were turned back to get the paperwork sorted so they could bring their rental car across.
While Karen had a valid tourist visa, Bill’s had expired, and when they turned back to reenter the country, she was shackled alongside her husband, kept in a small locked cell, and made to sleep on the floor.
In an interview with The Guardian, Karen described the horrific situation she found herself in, despite having a valid tourist visa and no criminal record…