Us Border Patrol Says They Tried To Send Uk Family Back After Illegal Crossing But Canada Wouldn't Take Them

Google Maps US border patrol officials say they tried to return a British family who crossed the northern border illegally but Canada refused to take them back. On October 2, seven members of the Connors family were detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents after they accidentally drove on a dirt road from British Columbia into Washington state. "Canada refused to allow their return and two attempts to contact the consulate for the United Kingdom were unsuccessful," a CBP spokesperson told Insider on Tuesday. The family are currently in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at a Pennsylvania detention centre, awaiting deportation to the UK. In a sworn statement Eileen Connors, 24, said they accidentally crossed the border while trying to swerve out the way of an animal on the road. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. US border patrol officials say they tried to return a vacationing British family caught illegally crossing the border, but Canada wouldn't take them. On October 2, seven members of the Connors family were detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents after they drove down an unmarked track spanning the border between British Columbia and Washington state.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Animated map shows how cats spread across the worldSee Also:80 lives were saved when the German synagogue attacker couldn't get inside despite shooting the door and trying to blow it open with explosivesThe Iranian Instagram star who used cosmetic surgery and photoshop to look like Angelina Jolie reportedly faces up to 2 years in jail2 people are dead after a shooter screaming 'the root of all these problems is the Jew' attempted to enter a synagogue on a Jewish holy day