Their journey took an unexpected turn when they arrived in Hawaii without pre-booked accommodations ... U.S. immigration laws for these visas." Charlotte Pohl told Ostsee Zeitung: "We wanted ...

In April 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that U.S. border authorities detained and deported two German tourists in Hawaii ... on this case." Pohl and Lepère told German media that ...

Charlotte Pohl, 19 ... 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 ...

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 ...

Two German teenagers, Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere, 18, were detained, arrested, and deported at a Hawaii airport after US immigration officials deemed their travel plans suspicious.

Two German teenagers planning to explore the US on vacation were thrown in jail and then booted from the country after Customs and Border Protection found their loosely planned trip “suspicious.” ...

Two German teenagers were allegedly strip searched and deported over a badly-planned trip to Hawaii. Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18, arrived in Honolulu with plans to explore the island ...

A pair of young German travelers were left shocked after they arrived in Hawaii only to be detained and deported due to their loosely planned trip. Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere ...