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German Teens Try to Visit Hawaii, End Up Deported

  • Two German teenagers, Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepêre, 18, were denied entry to the U.S. in Honolulu due to suspicions of illegal work intentions, despite having Electronic System for Travel Authorization approval, according to German newspaper Ostsee Zeitung.
  • They were detained by border officers who considered their trip suspicious, interrogated for hours, and subjected to body scans and strip searches before being deported back to Germany.
  • The German Foreign Office was involved in their case and confirmed that ESTA approval does not guarantee entry to the U.S., which is a decision made by border officials.
  • Both Pohl and Lepêre expressed feeling powerless during their detention, describing the experience as shocking and surprising, according to their statements to German outlets.
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It should have been a pleasant trip, that of two very young German girls who left Rostock and decided to spend three weeks in the United States visiting Hawaii and California. But something went wrong when they arrived at the Honolulu airport, where the tourists were arrested, stripped, searched and sent home after 24 hours. This is what happened to Charlotte Pohl, 18, and her friend Marie Lepère, 19: the girls, returning from a trip to Thailand…

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