Così presumibilmente un turista tedesco con un visto valido è stato intaccato dal ghiaccio al confine con gli Stati Uniti e non è stato visto per 17 giorni. Trovo bizzarro che ciò non sia arrivato ai media tedeschi e non ci sono stati dichiarazioni da parte delle autorità tedesche – potrei capire se fosse fresco ma a quanto pare è successo 17 giorni fa. Ha avuto contatti con il mondo esterno ed è d’accordo da quello che ho letto anche se sembra che visitare gli Stati Uniti potrebbe essere potenzialmente rischioso anche per i cittadini dell’UE ora.
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USA: il tatuatore tedesco ha languito nella prigione di ghiaccio per 17 giorni di Bygaudenz Valentin Looserdaniel Graf pubblicato11. Febbraio 2025, 10:17
Usagerman Tattoo Artist ha stufati nella prigione del ghiaccio per 17 giorni
Jessica Brösche (29) ha viaggiato da Tijuana agli Stati Uniti con un visto valido. Non è mai tornata dal controllo di sicurezza al confine.
Le donne di Tiktok parlano del caso di Jessica Brösche.
Tiktok di cosa si tratta
L’artista tedesca del tatuatore Jessica Brösche è stata in detenzione in un campo di ghiaccio negli Stati Uniti per 17 giorni.
È stata arrestata nonostante avesse un visto valido.
Secondo la sua amica, è accusata di aver pianificato di lavorare negli Stati Uniti.
Gli attivisti stanno ora avvertendo i turisti contro il viaggio negli Stati Uniti: l’ICE potrebbe arrestare chiunque.
L’amica americana di Jessica, la stilista Nikita Lofving, è disperata: dopo aver fatto le vacanze insieme a Tijuana, in Messico, hanno programmato di viaggiare insieme a Los Angeles il 25 gennaio, dove hanno programmato di trascorrere due mesi insieme. Il tatuatore tedesco Jessica Brösche conosce Nikita dal suo tempo a Berlino e l’ha visitata negli Stati Uniti diverse volte. Anche questa volta andava tutto bene: Jessica aveva un visto che sarebbe stato valido fino al maggio 2025. Ma tutto andava storto al confine con gli Stati Uniti. "All’improvviso dissero che Jessica doveva passare attraverso la sicurezza. Non l’ho vista da allora," dice Nikita. Questo è stato 17 giorni fa.
Non è chiaro perché sia stata detenuta. Secondo Nikita, ICE può credere che Jessica intendesse lavorare negli Stati Uniti. Questo si basava su una voce sul profilo Instagram di Jessica, che gli agenti ICE avevano controllato.
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Gli amici del tatuatore tedesco hanno lanciato una campagna sui social media per la sua uscita.
Screenshot Instagram Famiglia in contatto con il Federal Foreign Office
La madre di Jessica Birgit Brösche, che vive in Germania, ha confermato a 20 minuten ciò che Nikita aveva descritto: non è stata ancora in grado di parlare con sua figlia. Tuttavia, la famiglia è in contatto con il consolato generale tedesco e ora è stato chiamato anche un avvocato.
Dopo lunghi giorni di incertezza su dove era finita sua figlia, almeno ora sanno dove si trova e che viene tenuta in un campo di detenzione gestito dalle autorità di immigrazione americana Ice. È tenuta in una stanza con altre quattro donne, dice Birgit Brösche. Secondo il sito web ICE, Jessica è attualmente tenuta presso il centro di detenzione di Otay Mesa di San Diego.
Secondo sua madre, Jessica non ha problemi di salute. "Ma è naturalmente molto sottile. Se non ha abbastanza da mangiare, può diventare rapidamente problematico per lei," dice sua madre.
Nel frattempo, Nikita Lofving e altri amici hanno lanciato una campagna sui social media per il rilascio di Jessica. Stanno prendendo esplicitamente i turisti stranieri di non viaggiare negli Stati Uniti. "Non è più sicuro qui. Chiunque può essere arrestato dal ghiaccio," dice un tiktoker americano. Anche il tiktoker tedesco Jen_Dylan sta facendo una campagna per il rilascio di Jessica.
Quando è stato chiesto da 20 minuten, il Ministero degli Esteri tedesco ha detto: "I nostri colleghi del Consolato Generale Los Angeles sono in costante contatto con le autorità e i familiari statunitensi in merito al caso e si stanno sforzando di trovare una soluzione. Chiediamo la tua comprensione che non possiamo commentare ulteriori dettagli sull’assistenza consolare al fine di proteggere i diritti personali delle persone interessate."
L’American Immigration Authority ICE non ha ancora risposto alle indagini di 20 minuten.
Viaggeresti ancora negli Stati Uniti dopo questa storia?
Sì, non ho riserve. No, ci penserei due volte.
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USA: German tattoo artist has been languishing in ICE prison for 17 days
byGaudenz Valentin LooserDaniel Graf
Published11. February 2025, 10:17
USAGerman tattoo artist has been stewing in ICE prison for 17 days
Jessica Brösche (29) travelled from Tijuana to the USA with a valid visa. She never returned from the security check at the border.
Tiktok women talk about the case of Jessica Brösche.
Tiktok
What it’s all about
The German tattoo artist Jessica Brösche has been in detention in an ICE camp in the USA for 17 days.
She was arrested despite having a valid visa.
According to her friend, she is accused of planning to work in the USA.
Campaigners are now warning tourists against travelling to the USA: ICE could arrest anyone.
Jessica’s American friend, fashion designer Nikita Lofving, is desperate: After holidaying together in Tijuana, Mexico, they planned to travel together to Los Angeles on 25 January, where they planned to spend two months together. German tattoo artist Jessica Brösche knows Nikita from her time in Berlin and has visited her in the USA several times. This time, too, everything was actually fine: Jessica had a visa that would be valid until May 2025. But everything went wrong at the border to the USA. „Suddenly they said Jessica had to go through security. I haven’t seen her since,“ says Nikita. That was 17 days ago.
It’s not clear why she was detained. According to Nikita, ICE may believe that Jessica intended to work in the USA. This was based on an entry on Jessica’s Instagram profile, which the ICE officers had checked.
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Friends of the German tattoo artist have launched a social media campaign for her release.
Screenshot Instagram
Family in contact with the Federal Foreign Office
Jessica’s mother Birgit Brösche, who lives in Germany, confirmed to 20 Minuten what Nikita had described: she has not yet been able to speak to her daughter. However, the family is in contact with the German Consulate General and a lawyer has now also been called in.
After agonisingly long days of uncertainty as to where her daughter had ended up, at least they now know where she is and that she is being held in a detention camp run by the American immigration authorities ICE. She is being held in a room with four other women, says Birgit Brösche. According to the ICE website, Jessica is currently being held at the Otay Mesa Detention Centre in San Diego.
According to her mother, Jessica does not have any health problems. „But she is naturally very thin. If she doesn’t get enough to eat, it can quickly become problematic for her,“ says her mother.
Meanwhile, Nikita Lofving and other friends have launched a social media campaign for Jessica’s release. They are explicitly warning foreign tourists not to travel to the USA. „It’s not safe here anymore. Anyone can be arrested by ICE,“ says an American Tiktoker. The German Tiktoker Jen_dylan is also campaigning for Jessica’s release.
When asked by 20 Minuten, the German Foreign Office said: „Our colleagues at the Consulate General Los Angeles are in constant contact with the US authorities and family members regarding the case and are endeavouring to find a solution. We ask for your understanding that we cannot comment on further details of the consular assistance in order to protect the personal rights of the persons concerned.“
The American immigration authority ICE has not yet responded to enquiries from 20 Minuten.
Would you still travel to the USA after this story?
Yes, I have no reservations.no, I would think twice.maybe, but I would be more cautious.I have no plans to travel to the USA anyway.
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Visiting Y’all Qaeda these days has a similar risk to visiting the Taliban in Afghanistan it seems.
She worked illegally in the US. Case closed.
She is trans. ICE have read Trump’s EOs. I will not be going to any scientific conferences in the US from now on.
i will not set a foot in this shithole country ever again not even as a tourist
American here. Just heard about this on TikTok. Her name only came up on 2 results here. This thread being one of them.
Hopefully they find her. Ya, this country is pretty fucked.
What is the backstory that made her ineligible for ESTA and required her to obtain a visa?
Lots of information missing here
I recently read an interview with a gay (male) OF creator – he was detained at the US border (at the airport) and sent back because of his OF account and was accused of wanting to prostitute himself in the US (he was just on vacation, visiting friends). I had no idea until then that that was a thing. He had Swiss and German dual nationality if I recall correctly.
God, fuck my own nation. Never thought I’d say those words but here we are. I’m sorry Germany.
This is not the first time a german tourist is denied entry into the US, because of accusations that they intend to work. I remember cases that go way back before Trump. The baseline is that the US is incredibly pedantic when it comes to what counts as “work”. And you definitely should not admit to anything on social media or in the interview. Even if you count doing “some childcare for friends and family” or “performing on stage for food” not as work, the border agent in the US may see this differently.
I have been trying really hard in the past to convince my wife for a vacation to the US, but now it doesn’t feel safe anymore.
US immigration have often been sourfaced, keep asking if I intend to work there (no officer, I’m only going to attend a conference by the ACS). Customs and security have most of the time been sweethearts though.
> Would you still travel to the USA after this story?
Nobody should visit the Failing States of America for the same reason nobody should visit Venezuela, North Korea, or Russia. Or any other authoritarian state.
Unless you want the douchebags-in-power to cause you harm, then, by all means, go.
Do not travel to the US–we’re speedrunning to fascism. It’s not safe for anyone, particularly if you don’t have a US birth certificate (and even then, you may be SOL if you’re not white). Also, bird flu: the admin has choked the media so much that we are only hearing about pieces of the outbreak so there’s no telling how bad it is. Stay safe, also hurt the US travel industry. Hurting billionaires and the citizenry economically is the only hope we have to wake people up here before they go full fascist.
Also, could she be in gitmo? It seems like she’d be able to make a call otherwise… I’m hoping she is found safe and sound soon. I am sorry for the shitshow over here.
I suppose there is no reason why we should expect better treatment of people from Europe by this country-turned-into-a-shithole.
Nobody should travel there, nobody. Even if the individual risk is not high, the USA should totally be boycotted.
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TikTok brain rot.
ICE is not even present at points of entry, that’s border patrol (CBP)
You do not get “detained by ICE” if the customs officer at the point of entry determine you want to work illegally in the US. You’re simply turned around and told to take a hike.
>Jessica had a visa that was valid until May 2025
Ah, this is what probably tripped ICE. Traveling into a country near the expiration date for your visa is a red flag in many jurisdiction. This is also true if your passport was within 6 month of expiration.
That being said, I’d take this entire information with a huge grain of salt. There is only one news site (this one) that I can find reporting on this. Others are either AI repost or posts from TikTok and Threads so no entirely reliable and credible either.
Not many days ago a German person was connected with the murder of a border patrol officer. This may or may be not related but if she got detain by ICE I’m sure it wasn’t for no reason.
[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/german-math-genius-get-drawn-cult-accused-coast-coast-killings-rcna189309](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/german-math-genius-get-drawn-cult-accused-coast-coast-killings-rcna189309)
Kinda funny how in the last months, there are billboards everywhere in Germany talking about how we should visit the US. A kind fuck off.
TLDR: she’s held under suspicion for violating visa conditions due to indenting to perform work under a tourist visa, as evidenced on her insta profile apparently.
Not sure why is this news? The fact that immigration control are finally doing their jobs in the US?
wow, scary as shit….
Germans get detained by ICE’s frequently in our own country also.
Trump deporting Germans is peak comedy, lol.
That said, I do 100% sympathise with vulnerable undocumented immigrants, but he was elected on a ‘mandate’, even if not all Trump voters universally support those deportations. I suppose he’s carrying out that mandate, now.
Tattoos are most probably too “woke” for the republican fascists.
I wouldnt mind them deporting Anna Delvey.
I am worried about what the US government might do during the World Cup with millions of tourists, will they have the same arbitrary restrictions???
Why would she want to work in a country with worse labor laws?
Jessy is not a very german name…
>According to Nikita, ICE may believe that Jessica intended to work in the USA. This was based on an entry on Jessica’s profile, which the ICE officers had checked
Uh… any other information about this?? Of course you get arrested for Visa / entry fraud?
This isn’t a US specific thing. We have TV shows that just show border patrol interactions in other countries and I’ve absolutely seen people get detained for trying to stay for work and not having the proper authorization
Barring the ridiculous slow process, I’m going to reserve judgement until I know what that post said
I make it a thing to not visit any countries that are dictatorships. I don’t want to spend my money in such countries just so that the man in charge can go all “look, business is just fine with me in charge”.
That now includes the US.
Welp there go my plans to do a weeklong academic course in California in September. Even us germans caught in this insanity, no thank you. I’ll take my money elsewhere.
That’s fair. I don’t even want to know how many Americans involuntarily get stuck on ICEs in Germany.
I will avoid USA hard for traveling until this blows over with their anger against everybody. Add on how amature they are on the borders, and I do not risk it at the moment. I still rememer the 9.11 hysteria. It was not fun going to USA then either, but then I had to. I hated those trips back then..
No, I would not travel here and I am an American
Traveling to the US via Mexico or Canada could be a tricky proposition with this administration and their penchant for labeling those countries as harborers and exporters of terrorists and drug dealers.
Crossing the border from Tijuana back US soil as a black Italian with US citizenship was….an experience for me 😅
My European husband and I are going to visit my family in March, and while he usually comes out several days after I go, this time were going in together and he’s leaving earlier (I love him, so I don’t subject him to two full weeks of family time). I’m already super anxious about the trip.