Detour disaster sparks deportation fears on border bridge

April 24, 2025, 4:20 pm

A Detroit woman now faces deportation after a GPS mishap directed her onto an international bridge linking the U.S. and Canada. An innocuous search for the nearest Costco turned into a bureaucratic nightmare, reminding us that technology’s directions sometimes lead straight into a visa quandary.


torontosun.com / A wrong turn onto a bridge at the U.S.-Canada border has a Detroit woman facing deportation

DETROIT — A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app’s directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada. She now faces removal proceedings in June in...

winnipegfreepress.com / A wrong turn onto a bridge at the US-Canada border has a Detroit woman facing deportation


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