Originally Posted by GUWonder

Both British families have now been deported from the US. $16,000 for two families isn’t that much money, but that amount seems to speak to the families not lacking an ability to cover reasonable travel expenses for a few weeks for 4 adults and 3 children.

Some time back a French student visitor to Canada had an unauthorized crossing (or more) into the US while on a healthy run near the Canadian-US border and when she was caught by DHS for doing so they locked her for around two weeks before she was sent on her way and also is now set to need a US visa if she plans a visit to the US for the years to come. Personally, I am not a fan of seeing more American tax money being used up to lock up such people for days and days before being removed/deported — at least when it almost certainly means there won’t be any criminal charges being applied and pursued against them in the US or Canadian federal court systems.