ICE detains B.C. mom, daughter in Texas, amid bumpy road to citizenship
Global News
Edward Warner, his wife Tania and his seven-year-old step-daughter Ayla were coming back from a friend's baby shower on Saturday when they went through an ICE checkpoint in Sarita.
A B.C. mother and her daughter, who now live in Texas, have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Edward Warner, his wife Tania and his seven-year-old step-daughter Ayla, who has autism, were coming back from a friend’s baby shower on Saturday when they went through an ICE checkpoint in Sarita, Texas.
“They asked for our identification, which we provided to them. I provided my driver’s licence. She provided her driver’s licence, work visa and her actual visa. Or passport, I’m sorry,” Warner told Global News.
He said they had been through the checkpoints before, which are permanently located on routes 77 and 281, and had never been asked for identification.
Tania and Ayla were born in Penticton, B.C., Warner is from Texas and they have lived together in Texas for five years.
“They brought Tania inside the building because they wanted to fingerprint her for more information and then about 15 minutes later, they came out and got Ayla and said they needed to fingerprint her for more information as well,” Warner said.
“Then, after about a 40- to 45-minute wait, they came back out and told me that they were not legal to be in the U.S. and that I was free to go.”
He said he has spoken with his wife and she and Ayla have now been moved to the Dilley Detention Centre in Dilley, Texas.
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