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,

A 28-year-old tourist from Wales has allegedly been detained for nearly two weeks after attempting to travel from the U.S. to Canada.

In a statement to NewsNation, an ICE spokesperson said Burke was detained by the agency "for violation of the terms and conditions of her admission."