Americans traveling between Mexico, U.S. see vacations turn into nightmares at the border
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Americans in recent months have had their vacation plans in Mexico turn into nightmares after they were detained, fined, and in some cases imprisoned over alleged mistakes.
"They shackled me to this metal bench as I waited for three hours," Rose, a Burbank, California resident, told KTTV-TV earlier this month about her harrowing experience at the Tijuana/San Ysidro Port of Entry. Andrew Mark Miller is a writer at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
Some travelers say the Sentri Lane for pre-approved travelers has confusing signage, and its concrete barriers make it easy to unknowingly get stuck in the lane with no ability to get out.
"I had never been humiliated in my life the way I was humiliated that afternoon," Psadena, California resident Ana Salazar said of her ordeal after using the wrong lane.
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