It does to me.
I haven't seen anything saying that they were refused entry immediately before. Anything that I've seen just said that some of the people in the car were refused entry at some point in the past. That could very well have been for something inocuous years ago... accidentally getting the wrong class of visa for a visit to the US, for instance.
There was nothing accidental about this:
U.K. family who said they were held by ICE after crossing Canada-U.S. border are released
"The agency said in a statement released Tuesday that surveillance video shows the vehicle the Connors were in traveling "slowly and deliberately" through the ditch into Washington. The vehicle continued to travel on the U.S. side until it was pulled over, CBP said. The statement also said the incident occurred around 9 p.m. on Oct. 2, rather than Oct. 3 as the Connors' statement said.
"During processing, record checks revealed two of the adults were previously denied travel authorization to come to the United States," the agency's statement said.
"Attempts were made to return the individuals to Canada, however, Canada refused to allow their return and two attempts to contact the United Kingdom consulate were unsuccessful," the statement said.
The Canada Border Services Administration did not immediately return a request for comment."
So they deliberately crossed the border. Once we had them Canada did not want them back. They were eventually returned to England. I do not think that the U.S. border patrol was the one that dropped the ball here. They had to deliberately cross the border. There was no animal. Two of the people had been rejected permission to be here and it seems the Canadians once they knew what was going on wanted no part of it. The British consulate was slow in responding. How would else could this have been handled?