The teens claimed CBP targeted them because they hadn’t booked hotels for their entire stay in Hawaii.

“They found it suspicious that we hadn’t fully booked our accommodations for the entire five weeks in Hawaii,” Pohl said. “We wanted to travel spontaneously. Just like we had done in Thailand and New Zealand.”

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Well, then they have to face the consequences of not paying attention to the things happening in the place they intend to go to

      Like, yeah, ideally you wouldn’t need to worry about this, but this is always a risk when traveling, and politics has that trait of being interested in you whether or not you are interested in it back

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      1 year ago

      People who travel to shitholes like the US for several weeks at the time clearly don’t have “better things to do with their time”.