Detroit: ICE Detains Hundreds of Migrants Mistakenly Crossing Border Bridge into Canada

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly detained hundreds of migrants after trying to reenter the U.S. by mistakenly crossing a one-way bridge to Canada from Detroit.

The detentions occurred on a road leading to the Ambassador Bridge, which NPR described as being “notoriously difficult to navigate, even for locals.”

Signage is confusing, perennial construction in the vicinity doesn’t help, and often Detroiters accidentally drive onto it and into a Customs and Border Protection area.

NPR has been receiving tips about immigrants and their children detained at the office space by the Ambassador Bridge for months – people who accidentally drive onto the toll plaza, as well as migrants seeking asylum in Canada who are turned back and end up detained in these office spaces

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