Custom Officers Humiliate Woman by Forcing Her to Strip Down and Squat (Photos)

a melbourne woman claims her dream excursion to the us took a nightmare flip while she became compelled to undress in front of immigration officials then thrown in the back of bars, dailymail suggested.

the girl identified as molly hill, 26, instructed every day mail australia she become jetting to hawaii for a vacation along with her us boyfriend ross maidl whilst customs officers pulled her aside in honolulu airport.

she stated the officers determined she become planning to overstay her visa after studying notes in her diary about her 'final day at work' and 'going away beverages.'

speaking to each day mail australia after touching down in melbourne on thursday, ms hill stated she changed into still shaken.

'i nonetheless cannot consider it, it all feels so surreal,' she stated.

she said the nightmare started whilst customs saw she planned to live in the us for 88 days and started combing her luggage in a conserving room.

'they have been convinced i desired to immigrate illegally. they searched my luggage, and saw my diary had notes like 'going away liquids' and 'closing day at work'. this is regular earlier than an extended excursion,' she stated.
 she said after that, she changed into given a 'full screening' - which involves being made to strip down, placed her garments in a container, then 'cough and squat' in front of them.

'i used to be dealt with like an inmate. it become so degrading. they started out asking me if my tattoos had been gang associated.'

afterwards, she stated customs instructed her there has been no extra flights to australia: she become spending her first ever night in prison.

'i used to be handcuffed, given a prison uniform sent in the back of bars. it is whilst it have become real. i was so scared.'

she said her bunkmate was a drug mule. after a sleepless night, she became woken at sunrise by way of a flashlight to the face. it turned into her birthday.

'they said "you are getting launched".' i was imagined to be spending the day with my boyfriend, but i was nonetheless detained.'

ms hill turned into cuffed again, escorted again to the airport then paraded in the front of vacation-goers at the manner returned to the holding room.

'it was not very discreet.  i may want to feel each person judging me. i have never felt so humiliated.'

She was then forced to buy a $620 ticket to Sydney — despite living in Melbourne and already having a return ticket home.

 

'They didn't explain why I couldn't use the return. By that point I was so exhausted I just wanted to get home.'

 

She said she is planning to speak with an immigration lawyer about the ordeal.

 

Daily Mail Australia has contacted the US Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection for comment.