Jack Dunn was detained for 30 hours with no access to phone or family because onward flight from US went to neighbouring country
In a transcript of the interrogation seen by the Guardian, the officer also questioned Dunn about his inability to book the onward flight out of Mexico, and whether he had enough money to support himself in the US.
Dunn said about six hours after landing he was handcuffed and taken to the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu, where he was told to strip naked and was twice searched under his scrotum and anus for contraband before being admitted. Dunn has since attempted to go on a different holiday in Thailand, but he had several panic attacks while there and had to return home.“Obviously it should be added to the Smartraveller website, because everyone goes there to check the rules. I don’t want anyone else going through what I went through, it’s just not right,” Dunn said.
The entry requirement is not listed on the US embassy’s website, nor on multiple US government websites that it directs travellers to.
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