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”.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 