04-27-2025, 12:45 PM
DeusxMac wrote:
"...visiting countries like Thailand and New Zealand..."
Thailand is the top vacation/tourist destination in Asia for Germans and Europeans in general. (It’s tropical, beach-y, cheap and relatively safe.) You think they’re all drug mules?
"...they were denied entry after attempting to enter the U.S. under false pretenses. One used a Visitor visa, the other the Visa Waiver Program. Both claimed they were touring California but later admitted they intended to work—something strictly prohibited under U.S. immigration laws for these visas."
Have you missed the accounts of all of these ICE detentions? They always want you to sign something. Do you really believe two teenagers paid for trans-Pacific flights, spending time in Thailand and New Zealand, all in order to earn minimum wage in the US (which is considerably lower than in Germany)?
Don’t be so gullible.
"Germany's Foreign Ministry says on its website: 'Neither a valid ESTA authorization nor a valid U.S. visa constitutes a right to entry into the USA….
I would guess every country reserves such a right, kinda like businesses/bars that reserve the right to deny service to anyone (if they’re drunk/loud/troublesome). But they don’t toss customers at random because the owner thinks the place is too crowded. And most countries don’t force visitors who have invested money and effort to visit and spend money to turn around and fly back to another country. You’re right it’s not a “deportation”, since they were never here - but it’s the same result (except they fortunately didn’t end up in a supermax prison!).
Honestly, some skepticism, please.