ICE terrorists kidnap two German teens on vacation in Hawaii

This happened a few weeks ago but didn't hear about this. Apparently they were on vacation, just visiting when they were kidnapped by ICE terrorists for no reason. They were taken to a deportation center, strip searched, placed in green prison uniforms and placed alongside people accused of serious crimes. They were deported to Japan.

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Khenpal1 · M

A pair of German teenagers said they were turned away at the border in Honolulu last month because they were unable to present lodging confirmation to Customs and Border Protection officers, though the agency said they were turned away because they intended to perform work prohibited by their visas.

The incident was first reported by Ostsee-Zeitung, a major German daily newspaper.

According to the paper, Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere, 18, arrived in Honolulu without hotel reservations for their planned five-week stay on the island.Although both travelers had approval to travel to the U.S. from the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), that does not guarantee entry into the country.

Customs and Border Protection said officials acted properly based on the situation.

"These travelers were denied entry after attempting to enter the U.S. under false pretenses. One used a Visitor visa, the other the Visa Waiver Program," CBP Assistant Commissioner Hilton Beckham said in a statement. "Both claimed they were touring California but later admitted they intended to work – something strictly prohibited under U.S. immigration laws for these visas."

It's not unusual for arriving visitors, or even permanent U.S. residents or citizens, to have to attest to their accommodations at the border. Other countries similarly require proof of lodging, or at least an address, on entry paperwork at the border.Pohl and Lepere said they were handcuffed and given prison uniforms during their detention. They were reportedly held in a deportation detention facility in Hawaii overnight before being deported to Tokyo.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Khenpal1 I would take any statements from border agents with a grain of salt or an entire block of salt frankly. They can and do deny people entry for literally any reason and it doesn't have to be a good one. My own mother was forced to move back in with my grandparents because some random border guard would not let her back into the country because she was a West German citizen and he took issue with it. This was half a century ago and this shit still happens.

But you know when border guards always seem to have a good sounding reason for refusing entry? When a case hits the 24 hour news cycle and all eyes are on them.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I left this in a pinned comment above clarifying this. They work online for other countries in graphic design, they don't work in the US. They work for Germany and Asia. They planned to fund their 5 week vacation with remote work, they told ICE terrorists this and that's what got them deported.

https://liveandletsfly.com/german-teenagers-deported-usa/

trollslayer · 46-50, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow my cousin’s canadian wife was detained at the border and questioned for over 4 hours after returning from a trip to see her mother. She has been a legal permanent resident over 30 years and never once been questioned until now.

Now she is scared to leave the country again over fears she will not be let in or face more humiliating questioning.

No doubt ICE has an “excuse” here, too.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow That's crazy about your mother. I would have said that should be illegal to do to someone but seems like versions of ice terrorists around the world can do what they want if they don't like you

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@trollslayer I would tell them that I've been a 30 year legal resident with no issues until now, why are you questioning me like I'm a Bond villain?

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@trollslayer Yeah. Back then people who were born on Canadian military bases abroad were not automatically Canadian citizens. They were given citizenship of whatever country the military sent you to. In my mom's case it was Germany. I think she was 5 when my grandparents were sent back to Canada. Apparently when she turned 18 she was supposed to choose either Canadian or German citizenship. Of course nobody actually ever told her this.

Fast forward to my mom being 20 and marrying my dad who was also military and just stationed to Colorado Springs. US border patrol had no issue the first time they went down.

It was only after she came back from a 2 week Christmas visit with my Grandparents that they refused to let her join her husband in Colorado.....because reasons.

Took her a few months to get her Canadian citizenship sorted which even then I suspect was fast tracked because she was a base brat.

so a 2 week holiday turned into like 3 months moving back in with her parents all because a border guard wanted to be an ass.

As for these girls from German. I am curious did they say they told the border guards about the remote work or is that was the border guards are claiming they said after the fact. That was not really clear from what I read.