Tourists traveling to the Land of the Free are being locked up upon landing. James Liddell has detailed some of the most high ...

German travellers Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere, 18, had to face handcuffs, jail time, and deportation duirng their dream Hawaii trip. Two young German travelers expecting to have the time ...

Maria Lepere, 18, and Charlotte Pohl, 19, arrived in Hawaii on March 18 with short-term travel permits ahead of a weeks-long US trip but were detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP ...

Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18 ... The German Foreign Office told the outlet it was involved in Pohl and Lepere’s case and provided consular support following their experience.

Two German teens were detained, strip searched, and deported from the US after arriving in Hawaii without hotel bookings, ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Two German teens traveling to Hawaii made international headlines when they were handcuffed and deported. The international arrivals lobby at Daniel K. Inouye ...

Charlotte Pohl and Maria Lepère’s first night in Honolulu was not how they intended. The jet-setting high school graduates from Rostock, Germany, had envisioned island-hopping across Hawaii ...

Two German teenagers were denied entry into the U.S. and deported from Honolulu after failing to show proof of lodging.

We had already noticed a little bit of what was going on in the U.S. But at the time, we didn't think it was happening to Germans,’ Maria Lepère says ...

In April 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that U.S. border authorities detained and deported two German tourists in Hawaii. One X user, whose post had more than 4 million views at the ...