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German national with U.S. green card detained at ICE facility, family says (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Summary

U.S. immigration authorities detained Fabian Schmidt, a 34-year-old German national and legal U.S. resident, at Boston Logan Airport on March 7.

He was interrogated, hospitalized, and later transferred to an ICE detention facility in Rhode Island. His family, unaware of any legal issues, has hired a lawyer.

Schmidt had recently traveled to Germany and was returning home to New Hampshire. His case raises concerns amid Trump’s stricter immigration policies.

The German embassy is monitoring the situation but has not disclosed details. ICE has not commented.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

In german news they added this part (translated from source "RND"):

Old drug offense as a possible background

According to his mother, Schmidt's questioning repeatedly revolved around a cannabis offense from almost ten years ago. At that time, Schmidt was arrested in California with more than 30 grams of cannabis. The case was dropped. In 2022, however, a federal investigative agency contacted Schmidt again about the case and summoned him to a hearing. However, he failed to appear because he hadn't received the letter due to a move.

RND/dpa

[–] [email protected] 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

ICE fucked with the Germans. I certainly hope swift action is taken.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is the 3rd (or 4th ?) incident with German citizen. Authorities put the US on the watchlist now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Fun.

anxiously anticipates absolutely nothing happening

[–] [email protected] 46 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Damn, they're really desperate to fill the quotas I guess

[–] [email protected] 37 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's what it is, yes. They're not even close to the proposed numbers so they detain and deport whoever they can, and then "investigate" their mistakes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Dumb question: Is that because there are far fewer people without documentation than expected?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

As the other comment says it's because everything is so disorganized. In most cases ICE cannot even get a legit warrant and people are aware of it and of their rights, thanks to public outreach that spreads awareness. ICE is bad at their job but Homan needs to show numbers, any numbers at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Not really, it's just that Trump is a fucking idiot. He came in and started slashing government jobs, created chaos, and then just thought ice would somehow get better at a job, that was being done more efficiently than when he was president the first time.

Biden was already doing a better job than Trump ever did. Trump was never going to do better. It was just another lie.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Even the Whites!? I thought this shit government wasn’t for DEI.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.

Benjamin Franklin, delusionally Anglo supremacist and US ~~God~~ founding father

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

Clearly it's because they stopped him to verify he was a Nazi. When it became obvious he wasn't, everything else is the natural response of the ICE immune system of course. Purging anything non-Bald Eagle Screeching Aryan.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah tbh my spouse is from the UK and we ain't flying nowhere for a while

[–] [email protected] 13 points 16 hours ago

My wife was about to leave to visit Canada soon. Might be time to rethink that trip.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Lol I am genuinely surprised that this happened to a white man with blue eyes.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

My guess is they trawled his social media and saw he posted something about Palestinians deserving to be treated as humans.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yep. Remember folks, they will search your phones. I imagine as the fascist regime grows they will eventually be black-holing any and all dissenters of the rapist felon nazi occupying the whitehouse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Ever since the Bush years, the Supreme Court held that the 4th amendment doesn't apply for border crossings. And again, nobody did anything to try and overturn that.

The border also extends to 100 miles from the actual borders, so like 80% of Americans are basically permanently under the jurisdiction of border patrol.

[–] [email protected] 148 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

He required medical attention at some point during the interrogation and he was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, Senior said.

What the fuck?!

So “interrogation” just automatically means physical violence to ICE?? Not sure if there’s a better way to read that. I doubt he coincidentally came down with a bad cold in the middle of an interrogation. Fucking thugs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago

Gestapo

[–] [email protected] 100 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

"It was just said that his green card was flagged," Senior told WGBH. She said her son was "violently interrogated," stripped naked by immigration officials and put into a cold shower.

"He hardly got anything to drink. And then he wasn't feeling very well and he collapsed," she said.

Source: Newsweek

[–] [email protected] 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Violently interrogated, huh?

Torture is a significantly shorter way to say that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but that wouldn't be politically correct, and American media loves being politically correct when it comes to torture.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Caint argue with that

[–] [email protected] 94 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Basically torture yep. Dont go to the US.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 16 hours ago

American here. Please, for your own safety, stay away until the orange mushroom in charge and his cronies are dead.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 18 hours ago

Fuuuck this is infuriating. Thanks for the extra details.