The families of the two tourists, who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), had compared their ordeals to “a horror film”. Both Germans were held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, a prison in San Diego, California. He had entered the US on a tourist visa and with his girlfriend, Lennon Tyler, had subsequently visited Mexico where they had taken her dog to the vet. “Especially not if you’re on a tourist visa, and especially not over the Mexican border.”US authorities have yet to issue a statement on the German cases. She had been travelling on a tourist visa, but was told she should have applied for a working visa as she planned to stay with a family receiving accommodation in exchange for carrying out domestic chores.

Source: The Guardian March 13, 2025 02:22 UTC