The teens claimed CBP targeted them because they hadn’t booked hotels for their entire stay in Hawaii.

“They found it suspicious that we hadn’t fully booked our accommodations for the entire five weeks in Hawaii,” Pohl said. “We wanted to travel spontaneously. Just like we had done in Thailand and New Zealand.”

  • Thoralf Will
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    1641 month ago

    I don’t get it. Why would anyone still travel to the US without being forced to?

    • @Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee
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      1001 month ago

      There’s a significant amount of the US population who still don’t realise how bad things are, you really expect everyone outside the US to be any better?

      • @Ledericas@lemm.ee
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        tariffs hasnt hit the shelves yet for most people, so they are still ignorant to the situation. also they dont think rfk jrs, autism database will affect them yet.

    • RejZoR
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      431 month ago

      I wouldn’t go to USA even if you pay me. To be “mistakenly” deported to El Salvador and then they fucking “don’t know” how to get you out. Fuck no.

      I used to say this about 3rd world countries to avoid them, now USA is on that list. Imagine USA being that bad. Well, it is that bad now. When it was under Biden, I wouldn’t even think about it. With this orange baboon, no fucking chance you see me go to USA.

      • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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        121 month ago

        Even before, having to be treated like cattle in their border checks for hours? No thank you.

    • @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      161 month ago

      Read the article - they clearly don’t read the news, and had no idea that other Germans had already been detained.