Fabian Schmidt was arrested and interrogated at the Boston airport, according to his mother and partner. They say they don't know why he is being held in an ICE facility.

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.

  • calamaja@feddit.org
    13·
    16 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

  • BertramDitore@lemm.eeEnglish
    150·
    1 day ago

    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.

      • jonne@infosec.pub
        33·
        1 day ago

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

        • Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works
          7·
          21 hours ago

          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.

          • jonne@infosec.pub
            4·
            21 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.

    • azuth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      16 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

      • Voytrekk@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        13·
        1 day ago

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

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      23 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.

    • RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world
      37·
      1 day ago

      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.

        • RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world
          4·
          21 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.

        • DrFistington@lemmy.world
          5·
          23 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.