Two German teenage girls were detained and deported from the United States after arriving in Hawaii without a hotel reservation

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I am not making a political posting because this can and has happened for quite some time under different administrations.

There are TV shows which come under various titles such as “To Catch A Smuggler” wherein people crossing the border are asked why they are coming to America, for how long and so on. Some may be visiting, some coming to work, some carrying drugs or lots of money and so on.

The Agency is looking to ensure that people are not sneaking across the border and have a reason to be here. There have been people shown who have the wrong visa (like to attend classes) whom the officers believe are here to work and perhaps overstay their visa. There are a few stories where it appears the cild with the adult is not theirs. Also many stories about drug mules with drugs in their luggage, on their person or inside their body, etc.

One flag Officers look at is to whether people have specific plans and funds which match the time they will be here and whether those plans include hotels and specific things and places they intend to visit. Someone arriving with little luggage, no hotel, no plans except vauge plans to sightsee but have no places they can mention they want to see, have no return ticket and not enough money to be here a week. That raises flags.

I have not read the article, however I am betting that the some of the above raised the issue. These detainments are more obvious after 9-11 and now under increased pressures from the Government.

I encourage you to watch some of the TV series, usually avialbale on streaming services and perhaps Youtube, to see what happens and how illegals and drugs are found. Yes, they also show patrolling the border and capturing illegals entering the country from the south.

Here is an example of the types of things they encounter at the borders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI9IsTPbko0

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You are correct, this is not news. There are also concerns about human trafficking.

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I knew two young girls that were going to Germany to visit friends and also help some people work on a German Bible translation. They had visitor visas and that was their primary reason for going, but when they arrived in Germany they were questioned about their reason for coming to Germany. And they mentioned that they were also going to help with the translation as both were fluent German speakers and studied German. They also were denied entry and sent home. Rules are rules and it really doesn’t matter what I think. The US is the only country in the world that allows and encourages people to come in illegally. Even in “progressive” countries like Germany the don’t allow it. Try that in Mexico or China. I got detained, briefly in Germany leaving bc I had a new passport and it had no stamps in it. When we drove into Germany the crossing guard just waived us through. When leaving they wanted to know how I got in since my passport was not stamped. Mexico has way tougher immigration rules than we do. We had a very difficult time sending our products in, surgical instruments. The doctors wanted them so badly that we had to ship them to a border town in the US and they would drive across band pick them up. It was easier for the docs to bribe the border guards than for us to work through their system. We need to count our blessings!

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It’s a pity US passport holders can’t stay longer in the EU Schengen zone every year. I have dreamed of a cross-Europe bike tour, a slow and lengthly undertaking at my age. If you overstay by a day, they throw penalties on you and you could get banned from Schengen for years.