Charlotte Pohl and Maria Lespére told German media they were detained and strip-searched before being deported by U.S. border ...

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 ...

Two German teens say they were strip-searched and detained in Honolulu during a backpacking trip around the world after ...

In April 2025, claims circulated that U.S. border authorities detained and deported two German tourists in Hawaii. The claims came from reports in German and English about Charlotte Pohl and Marie ...

Australians travelling to the US are being warned to not assume they are safe from “enhanced vetting” at the border after the experience of two young German tourists being strip searched and thrown in ...

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

Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18, were embarking on an around-the-world backpacking trip in March after graduating from high school. On March 18, they arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii ...

According to the paper, Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere ... They were reportedly held in a deportation detention facility in Hawaii overnight before being deported to Tokyo.