British backpacker detained in US says she was ‘naive’ about border crackdown

Rebecca Burke, left, has warned Britons not to go to the US after she was detained for 19 days (PA)

A British backpacker who was held in a US detention facility for almost three weeks has said she was “naive” to think she would not be affected by Donald Trump’s crack down on immigration.

Rebecca Burke, 28, a graphic artist from Monmouthshire, south Wales, was trying to go to cross into Canada from the state of Washington when she was refused entry.