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The teens claimed CBP targeted them because they hadn’t booked hotels for their entire stay in Hawaii.

“They found it suspicious that we hadn’t fully booked our accommodations for the entire five weeks in Hawaii,” Pohl said. “We wanted to travel spontaneously. Just like we had done in Thailand and New Zealand.”

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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree, but you can imagine that when you have young adults in a room for hours, you can guide them toward those answers as well. When I was younger, I would book tickets to travel and explore the world without any idea of what the next day would bring. You can see how discussions can lead to questions like, "So, in five weeks, will you work if you don't have a hostel?" and the response being, "Oh yeah, why not?" I'm not suggesting that the young person didn't plan for this, but considering they were coming from Thailand and New Zealand...

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

... and I'm not saying it definitely is ...

In case you missed that part.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

I hear you. 👌