Two German teenagers who plan to explore the US.
Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere, 18, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, on March 18, with plans to travel through the islands for five weeks before heading to California and then Costa Rica after her graduation of the high school.
However, adolescents made the mistake of not reserving their accommodation throughout their stay in Hawaii, which raised a red flag for customs and border protection of the United States, despite the fact that both have an obey system for travel authorization).
“They found suspect that we would have completely reserved our accommodation during the full five weeks in Hawaii,” Pohl told The Outlet.
What was supposed to be a fun expedition and Leghy quickly became a nightmare.
The adolescents said they were interrogated at Honolulu airport for hours before they were supposedly subjected to full -body scans and strips searches, according to the exit.
They were there given green prison uniforms and placed in a long -term arrest detention cell, some of which were accused or serious crimes.
The young travelers said they allegedly had to sleep in thin and moldy mattresses and the guards warned the guards to avoid expired foods.
The next morning, teenagers were told that they were being deported and the tasks back to Honolulu airport, where they requested to be sent to Japan.
The German Foreign Ministry reported at the exit that was involved in the case of Pohl and Lepere and tested consular support after their experience.
The office also declared that what happened to girls should reminder for travelers to have this, which allows citizens of certain countries to travel to the US. UU. Without a visa for short stays, it does not guarantee entry into the United States. The decision to allow travelers to enter the US. UU. It is always left at the discretion of CBP agents.
There has been a significant decrease in European travelers visiting states in recent months, despite the efforts of the Secretary of State for Marco Rubios to relieve concerns among foreigners who want to travel to the United States.
“I would say that if you do not come to the United States to join a Hamas protest or to come here and tell us about how correct it is or to tell us, cause conflicts on our campus and create disturbances in our street and Vandalise said, Rafitics earlier this month.
German travelers are not the only foreigners detained and then deported trying to enter the United States in recent months.
In March, the former Canadian Acresa Jasmine Moeney said she was arrested for the immigration of the United States and the application of customs on the southern border while trying to obtain a work visa after her previous one was revoked in November.
Moeney, 35, said she was caught on the border of San Ysidro between Mexico and San Diego on March 3 and Hero in “inhuman” conditions for 12 days before being released.
The former actress described to be maintained in a cold room for three days on the land border of the world of the world before Shhe was arised by ice and thrown into the otay detention center of San Diego.
“It was fine in a cell, and I had to sleep in a Matt without a blanket, without a pillow, with an aluminum sheet wrapped on my body like a corpse for two and a half days,” Moeney said.
Moeney, co -founder of the health -centered tonic drink brand! Agua said he went to the southern border, where he obtained his first work visa, on his lawyer’s advice, and he came prepared with a new work sacrifice and his visa paperwork in his hand.