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

<p>Tania Warner and Ayla, her seven-year-old with autism, sent to notorious Texas detention center and told to ‘self-deport’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox</a></p></li></ul><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canadian</a> woman and her seven-year-old daughter with autism who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/seven-year-old-canadian-girl-with-autism-and-mother-detained-by-ice-in-texas">have been held</a> by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement">ICE</a>) 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.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/canadian-mother-daughter-ice-detention">Continue reading...</a>