But for Sarahi, it was a life-altering wrong turn: she and her brother are both Guatemalan immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. She requested NPR only use her first name because she fears ...

A viral tweet from a self-proclaimed “lifelong Detroiter” in 2022 seemed newly relevant in recent days in the fallout from some disturbing wrong-turn-to-Canada stories involving immigrants and ...

And as NPR has reported, for immigrants without legal status a wrong turn onto the bridge can devolve into a nightmare: Days on end in detention in facilities alleged to be unfit for children ...

Detroit U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat who toured U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Detroit border facilities in late March, said she received the wrong-turn data directly from the agency.

“Our neighbors and families should not be disappearing because they made a wrong turn,” Tlaib said. Though the northern border sees far fewer encounters with migrants than the U.S.-Mexico bord ...

Joe Buczek is manager of digital content and promotion at CBS Detroit. He previously worked at WWTV, the Grand Traverse Insider, the Leader and the Kalkaskian, the Oakland Press and the Morning Sun.

Related: Mother of 2 takes wrong turn into Canada, now faces deportation from U.S. Advocates say Sarahi’s experience reveals a new practice of Customs and Border Protection holding families ...

But for an immigrant mother in southwest Detroit whose family took the wrong exit off Interstate 75 leading to the bridge while on their way to Costco, the mistake led to the family being detained ...

But for immigrants without legal status, a wrong turn into the bridge’s toll plaza can lead to detention. Rep. Rashida Tlaib says since January more than 200 people have been detained there and ...

A 64-year-old grandmother in the U.S. without documentation is facing deportation after she mistakenly took the wrong exit on her way home from work. Ana Camero’s family says she’s currently ...

A large number of detained immigrants in recent months were connected to wrong turns at the Ambassador Bridge. A Free Press reporter and photographer learned of a way to turn around without crossing.