In March 2025, a claim spread that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained British tourist Becky Burke in Washington state after she was refused entry into the U.S. Snopes readers wrote to us to ask about the legitimacy of a Facebook post purportedly written by Burke's father,

The woman’s travel nightmare has raised questions about immigration enforcement and delays for people who need to go before an immigration judge.

TACOMA, Wash. — A British tourist traveling from Washington to Canada is being held in the Northwest ICE Processing Center after she was arrested at the border for ‘violating the terms and conditions of her U.S. admission’, according to ICE.