Former NSW police officer Nikki Saroukos was jailed and deported from the United States while visiting her US Army husband in Hawaii, despite holding a valid tourist visa.
According to news.com.au, whilst detained at Honolulu airport, Saroukos was subjected to aggressive questioning, strip searches, DNA swabs, and an overnight stay in a federal detention centre — without food, rights to legal counsel, or proper communication with her family.
She was ultimately denied entry, placed on a flight back to Sydney in handcuffs, and reunited with her family only after landing.
Saroukos and her husband, who now plans to leave the US Army, are seeking legal advice and say the experience left them traumatised.
“I’ve never been so terrified in my life,” she told news.com.au. “I never want to return to the United States.”
Source: news.com.au
