Allegations of poor treatment Luxembourg word

After more than 60 days in US custody, a German citizen living in the United States is again at large. This was confirmed by the Federal Foreign Office at the request of the German Press Agency. The « Tagesschau » had first reported about it.

Also the mother of the 34-year-old Fabian Schmidtwho lives with his wife and a child in the US state of New Hampshire, spoke of the release of the electrical engineer. The exact background for the two -month odyssey remained unclear. The man had been traveling from Luxembourg to Boston, where he was then unexpectedly recorded by the US immigration authorities.

Despite GreenCard

Schmidt was therefore taken into custody at the airport on March 7 and then sat in a detention center in the state of Rhode Island. According to his mother, he has lived in the United States since 2007 and has an unlimited residence permit with the so-called GreenCard, which is legally equal to him with US citizens. He accused the authorities of being treated poorly by them.

Among other things, he was shouted at the airport at the survey and had to move out. He got sick in custody and came to a clinic where he was tied to bed. The allegations could not be verified independently. The US Department of Homeland Protection did not answer a DPA request for the allegations.

Background possibly a drug offense

The background for the procedure of the US authorities could be an old drug offense. According to his mother, Schmidt’s survey repeatedly revolved around a cannabis offense from almost ten years ago. The procedure had been stopped.

In the past few months there have been several other cases with German citizens who were arrested when entering the USA. In some cases, those affected were recorded in deportation institutions for days or weeks.