Newsweek - Astrid Senior, the mother of Fabian Schmidt, a U.S. Green Card holder, said her son was stripped naked, "violently interrogated" and sent to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility upon his return to the country last Friday.
When reached for comment on Saturday morning, ICE told Newsweek: "We must refer you to CBP for this query." U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to Newsweek's request for comment...
Schmidt, a New Hampshire resident who has had held a green card since 2008 after moving to the U.S. in 2007, was reportedly detained at the Logan Airport in Massachusetts upon returning from Luxembourg last week, according to Boston public radio station WGBH. His family told the public radio station that he had recently renewed his green card and it was flagged as he reentered the country.
"It was just said that his green card was flagged," Senior told WGBH. She said her son was "violently interrogated," stripped naked by immigration officials and put into a cold shower.
"He hardly got anything to drink. And then he wasn't feeling very well and he collapsed," she said.
Schmidt, who works as an electrical engineer, is reportedly being held at ICE's Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Rhode Island. His mother said he was also sent to the hospital last week, which was the first time she heard from him directly on Tuesday.
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