I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

Fabian Schmidt didn't use his Greencard. For four weeks, the German resident in the USA has been in American deportation detention. In a message from his cell, he reports of hard-fooled fellow prisoners. Why he was arrested is still unclear.

In the U.S., there are more cases when certain foreigners enter the country. Even a Green Card no longer seems to protect the owner from the U.S. authorities, as the case of Fabian Schmidt shows. Now the German has expressed himself from the detention.

British Tourist Detained by ICE for 19 Days Warns Against All US Travel

A U.K. woman has spoken of time in detention after being branded an illegal alien by American border officials, as she warned other would-be travelers not to get caught up in President Donald Trump‘s immigration crackdown. Rebecca Burke, a 28-year-old graphic artist from Monmouthshire, South Wales, told British newspaper The Guardian how she had been refused entry to Canada from the state of Washington. She told the paper after she was sent back…

British Tourist Detained, Shackled & Jailed in the USA

Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and arrested by ICE. The post British Tourist Detained, Shackled & Jailed in the USA appeared first on Havana Times.

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More disturbing stories about the detention centres. Among them, there was a couple in Canada taking selfies at the Peace Arch border. They accidentally strayed across the boundary and were taken into custody. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/i-was-a-british-tourist-trying-to-leave-america-then-i-was-detained-shackled-and-sent-to-an-immigration-detention-centre

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

… held for weeks, including Germans Lucas Sielaff, Fabian Schmidt … Latin American countries, but some were from India, China, Iran, Afghanistan and … again.” Kseniia, a Russian woman who had been … Bana, from Romania, was on holiday in Canada and visited Peace …