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Pedro Camacho

Detention Practices at U.S.-Canada Border Under Fire After Wrong Turn at Detroit Bridge Leads to Deportation

Ambassador Bridge in Detroit (Credit: Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/ Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

More than 90% of foreign nationals stopped by U.S. border agents at Detroit's Ambassador Bridge during the first quarter of 2025 had mistakenly driven onto the bridge after a wrong turn, according to a new report from the Miami Herald based on commentary from U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who recently toured Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the area.

"For years, we've been saying it is too easy for people to accidentally end up in the toll plaza said Tlaib. "But I do want to make it clear people are still making this innocent mistake that now has the possibility to destroy their lives."

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