Un insegnante voleva festeggiare il suo compleanno a New York. Invece, è finita in una famigerata prigione nel New Jersey prima di essere espulsa. Un avvocato avverte che ciò che ha vissuto potrebbe accadere a qualsiasi cittadino svizzero.
https://www.nzz.ch/english/you-have-no-right-to-be-here-a-swiss-womans-harrowing-tale-of-arrest-and-detention-at-the-us-border-ld.1889535
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Remark:
-> I have adopted the more meaningful second title.
Full title:
>__Inside USA__
>__«You have no right to be here»: A Swiss woman’s harrowing tale of arrest and detention at the US border__
>__A teacher wanted to celebrate her birthday in New York. Instead, she ended up in a notorious prison in New Jersey before being deported. A lawyer warns that what she experienced could happen to any Swiss citizen.__
Right now without paywall, maybe later gets a paywall. Archived Version:
http://archive.today/2025.06.20-084136/https://www.nzz.ch/english/you-have-no-right-to-be-here-a-swiss-womans-harrowing-tale-of-arrest-and-detention-at-the-us-border-ld.1889535
JFC, the cruelty is the point.
Merely putting her on the first flight out would have solved the issue if they truly believed she intended to overstay…
I wonder how American tourists would react if treated this way by EU countries… There would be an uproar of course, followed by diplomatic assault.
Insane. They actually want us _not_ to visit the USA, right? It’s the only explanation.
Stay away, everyone.
Spend your tourist dollars anywhere else.
Bank account details? That’s a scary road to be going down.
*”Land of the free” my ass*
>«I find it problematic that Switzerland does not take a clearer stance on arbitrary deprivation of liberty and violations of the fundamental rights of its citizens,» says lawyer Pascal Ronc.
This but for all of Europe. Scratch that, the planet. No civilised nation should tolerate this shit. Article describes further cases and abuses.
On a positive note – not one right wing comment or snide in the article. No veiled approval or attempted normalisation. Never seen the NZZ being neutral, rather than inject right wing crap into every conversation.
Fascists
We should really start treating the US the same as the Middle East and tell people they’re at risk when they go there.
USA wants to deny entry for whatever reason? Fine it is their right but to treat innocent people who did nothing wrong as criminals is unjustifiable. They are not your citizens, they did nothing wrong so what right does the USA authorities have to put her in cuffs and send her to a detention center? If MAGA means make America great again then you are failling hard, the only that is doing great is Trumps net worth, it is going higher and higher.
I have to ask HOW TOURISTS ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE WPRLD CUP NEXT YEAR!?!?!!
Get the Swiss ILLEGALS out!
We should start treating Americans the same.
After all they voted for this administration.
This is truly shocking!
She’s apparently a slow learner…
Nobody that I know has even the remotest intention to go to the US for business or pleasure for the foreseeable future.
Barbarians
This can be simply avoided by steering clear of authoritarian regimes like the FSA, China, ruzzia, North Korea, Turkey etc. Nobody has the right to rifle through my personal data, especially if they want to find something to charge me with.
Fuck America.
Look how deep the Swiss economy sunk
Teachers are better off to try to illegally work in an American school than struggling at home
If the developed countries are getting treated so bad, someone from developing country should be really scared to go there.
Other cases:
Becky Burke: [(Welsh)Tourist in US chained ‘like Hannibal Lecter’](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly67j35y99o)
Jasmine Mooney: [I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney)
Cliona Ward: [Irish woman living legally in US for decades detained after visiting her father in Ireland](https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/04/27/irish-woman-living-legally-in-us-for-decades-detained-after-returning-from-visit-to-ireland-to-see-her-father/)
[Man ‘refused entry into US’ as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme](https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/world-news/man-refused-entry-us-border-31925059)
>Mads told Nordlys he tried to explain the images as being harmless and meant as jokes but the immigration authorities ignored his pleas. He claims he was then strip-searched, forced to give blood samples, a facial scan and fingerprints.”
>”Later I was taken back in, and the situation got even worse. I was pushed up against a wall and was strip-searched with a lot of force. They were incredibly harsh and used physical force the whole time,” he claimed.”
[Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/irish-tourist-ice-detention)
And from [this:](https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/s/zu8s6F4cXJ)
“> the German government has extended a travel advisory to its citizens
Fabian Schmidt, 34, Green Card holder and lawful permanent residents of the US who has lived in the country since 2007
Lucas Sielaff, 25, visiting his American fiancee in Nevada, detained after a trip to Mexico, released after two weeks, and deported to Germany.
Jessica Brösche, the tattoo artist who was detained for six weeks and then deported to Germany.
Celine Flad, 22, a university student, was told that despite having a valid passport and an ESTA waiver, there was a “problem” with her passport. She was held for 24 hours, during which she was interrogated, her smartphone confiscated her photos searched. Despite showing officials her hotel bookings in New York and Miami, and her flight tickets on to Cancun, Mexico, she too was told she was being sent back to Germany as soon as possible.
https://www.dw.com/en/german-nationals-us-immigration-detained-interrogation-ice-donald-trump/a-71987211
There’ve been more.
> [The number of German visitors fell most precipitously — 28% fewer in March compared to the previous March, according to data from the International Trade Administration, a German government agency.](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-17/german-tourists-unhappy-with-trump-arent-visiting-the-u-s)”
“However, instead of being put back on the next flight to Switzerland, Lara was placed on a chair anchored to the floor and secured to it with a leg restraint. She waited like this for two hours, not knowing what would happen next. Then she was taken to a small room and subjected to a full-body search. In addition to the ankle restraint she was put in handcuffs and a chain was put around her waist. «That was the first time I cried,» Lara says.”
Yo what is the point of doing this shit?????
Any European must be out of their mind to travel to the US for tourism these days. Sadly, the problem isn’t just the administration. It’s a radical shift in the mindset of most Americans. For several years now, there’s been a clear rise in hostility toward Europeans, who are increasingly portrayed as some sort of malicious villains. At the same time, there’s a growing admiration for Russians. It’s the world upside down.
the way it is now america can go fuck itself. so sorry for the americans who voted differently.