Becky Burke, 28, has spent 10 days in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing centre

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He said Ms Burke got free accommodation for helping host families “around the house”, which he believes authorities may have suspected broke the terms of her tourist visa.

The US Department of Homeland Security has been asked to comment while the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed it was were supporting a British national.

Mr Burke told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast he could not understand why she was “locked up and she’s in an orange prison jumpsuit whilst the paperwork gets sorted out”.

He said what was meant to be a life-changing backpacking trip “has turned into a nightmare”.

Travellers in Cheam 2018

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This is to allow the Travellers to leave once circumstances become too difficult for them to stay. Travellers certainly like money just as much as anyone else, and somehow manage to survive without direct access to the British Welfare State, the NHS and regular employment. However, although I fully acknowledge the unfortunate state of affairs that exists between both communities, the Travellers are human-beings and subject to Human Rights legislation. These Travellers must not be deprived of food and water, particularly in the light of the extreme hot weather we have been experiencing recently (with temperatures of 34 degrees celsius). The following photographs are my own, and provided here for educational purposes, as we must learn about one another’s culture.