Detroit Delivery Driver Deported to El Salvador After Wrong Turn into Canada

Accidental Border Crossing

• 🚗 A 32-year-old Venezuelan immigrant, Ricardo Prada Vasquez, was reportedly delivering McDonald's in Detroit when he accidentally took a wrong turn onto the Ambassador Bridge, crossing into Canada.
• ⚠️ This common mistake in Detroit led to Vasquez being detained on January 15th while attempting to re-enter the US at the Detroit Windsor Tunnel.

Deportation and Due Process Concerns

• 🛂 US authorities took Vasquez into custody, and the Department of Homeland Security later confirmed he was sent to El Salvador, claiming he was a member of a criminal organization called Trend Ara.
• ⚖️ Immigration rights experts, like Christine Salve, express concern that Vasquez and others are being deported without due process, citing long-term detentions without oversight.
• ✊ The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, the ACLU, and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib are investigating these detentions and disappearances, emphasizing that all individuals in the US have rights to due process, regardless of immigration status.