Australian woman, 26, who flew to Hawaii for romantic holiday with her American boyfriend ends up in JAIL on her birthday after immigration staff go through her diary

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16 hours ago, MollyHill said:

You're right @Auds, no point going over it anymore, I have thought of everrryyyy single angle of that day over and over, it's exhausting. 

You story sounds even more heart breaking! I'm sorry.. to them it's a job, but to us (who are obviously not a risk to homeland security, c'mon) it can really #### up lives and mental health. 

 

I've had to deal with much worse trolls, better not to feed them.

I'm sure with time I will become less angry and hopefully able to come to terms with the experience as you have  

 

Glad you are doing well! All the best to you! All it matters is being happy and be with the friends and family that love and care about you. Please ignore the online chatter and nonsense. 

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15 hours ago, kannan said:

Please ignore the online chatter and nonsense. 

In the case of @MollyHill yep, probably good advice for her. What's done is done, and can't be changed now.

For others, I actually think the open discussion is probably a good thing. There are a huge number of people every day/week/year who travel and don't do the right thing - not through willful intent, but ignorance - and if this kind of discussion can help them not have a result like Molly's, so much the better.

 

For example: I know a girl who was deported and excluded from entry to the US for 5 years because of overstaying her Visa based on her assumption that entering the USA in Hawaii on the way to Canada didn't activate her B2 visa time allowance  - which it did.   A quick google search (or asking someone who has been through Immigration processess there) could have told her otherwise, but it was a huge deal at the time.