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The Washington Post reports on the plight of David and Eileen Connors, who say they were driving near the US border close to Vancouver on Oct. 3 when an animal blocked their path, forcing them to take a detour on a smaller road. That's when the Connors say an American cop pulled them over, told them they'd crossed the border into the US, and took them all into custody. Where the family was flown to two days later: the Berks Family Residential Center in Leesport, Pa., which the Inquirer notes has been slammed by critics as being a "baby jail." "We have been treated like criminals here, stripped of our rights, and lied to. ... It is undoubtedly the worst experience we have ever lived through," Eileen Connors, 24, says in a sworn statement.
UK family 'traumatized' after arrest at US-Canada border