Despite being on a tourist visa with no criminal record, British national Rebecca Burke was handcuffed and thrown in a detention center, her father said.

A British backpacker faces spending up to a month in a US jail after a ‘life-changing’ trip turned into a ‘nightmare’ as she was detained on a visa violation after trying to cross into Canada . Rebecca Burke, 28, was handcuffed while trying to make the crossing on February 26 and is now being held in a crowded detention centre.

A British tourist traveling from Washington state to Canada is being held in a Tacoma detention center after she was arrested at the border for an incorrect visa.