The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has responded to claims that a British grandmother was held by immigration authorities for six weeks even though she had a valid visa, saying the detention was a matter of law enforcement, not an arbitrary action.
DHS said 65-year-old Karen Newton violated the terms of her visit by remaining in the US for almost four years beyond an earlier visa waiver stay, and by travelling with her husband Bill Newton, whose work visa had expired nearly 20 years earlier.
