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German teens traveling to US jailed and deported after loosely planned vacation deemed ‘suspicious’ (nypost.com)
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https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/german-teens-traveling-to-us-jailed-and-deported-over-loosely-planned-vacation-being-found-suspicious/

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[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The article doesn't explicitly say that, but it did say the authorization they tried to use only typically covers visits lasting a few days, not several weeks...

[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"WHO SHOULD APPLY? Your travel is for 90 days or less"

https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/

I'd say 5 weeks is well within the scope of esta.