A Canadian woman and her 7-year-old autistic daughter are being held at a Texas immigration facility after being stopped at a US checkpoint.
Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla were detained after the family was stopped by federal agents in Sarita, Texas, on March 14 while traveling with her husband, a US citizen.
Warner's husband, Edward, told Canadian media that agents took his wife in for fingerprinting after they presented identification.
They were initially held at a Rio Grande facility before being transferred to the Dilley Detention Center, which has faced scrutiny in recent months over reported conditions.
Warner has said her daughter, who is on the autism spectrum, is struggling with the detention environment, citing stress and overstimulation.
Edward Warner also described conditions as difficult, telling Global News that detainees were 'sleeping on the floor… using [foil] blankets to keep warm,' and called the experience 'very traumatic.'
