Canadian mother and daughter 'traumatized' by ICE detainment, husband says

Earlier DU thread: Canadian mom and daughter detained by ICE driving from baby shower

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Source: The Guardian

Canadian mother and daughter ‘traumatized’ by ICE detainment, husband says

Tania Warner and Ayla, her seven-year-old with autism, sent to notorious Texas detention center and told to ‘self-deport’

Olivia Bowden in Toronto
Fri 20 Mar 2026 18.04 GMT
Last modified on Fri 20 Mar 2026 18.59 GMT

A Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter with autism who have been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for nearly a week have been transferred to a notorious detention center and asked to “self-deport”, according to her husband, who said the pair had been “traumatized” by the experience.

Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Luca, originally from British Columbia, moved to the US five years ago, when Warner married Edward Warner, a US citizen.

The family lives in Kingsville, Texas, and were driving home from a baby shower in Raymondville on 14 March when they were stopped at a border patrol checkpoint in Sarita.

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Warner said that Tania had been told she could be released if she agreed to “self-deport” to Canada. “We don’t want that at all,” he said. “They are my family.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/canadian-mother-daughter-ice-detention