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She was not detained by Canada's border service.



Canada's border service sent her back to the US. At that point, the US can't exactly tell her to go back to Canada, and have her walk back and forth until the problem solves itself.

Immigration detention pending a return to the country of origin seems reasonable at that point. 10 days of detention to figure out transportation to the country of origin doesn't seem reasonable though.


> and have her walk back and forth until the problem solves itself.

God I had a memory of Lemmings pop up. Thank you for that, it made me smile.


Can you quote the specific part of my comment (or anybody's comment) where such thing is claimed?




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