Australian teen strip-searched and held in US jail for 10 days after being denied common visa waiver

Cameron Carter, 19, who had never travelled on a plane before, was left unable to contact his family throughout ordeal

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An Australian teenager who travelled to the US for a job interview was strip-searched and held in a federal prison for 10 days, including eight confined to his cell, after he was deemed ineligible for a common holiday travel program.

The 19-year-old, who had never travelled on a plane before, was denied contact with his family in Australia throughout the ordeal. He was supposed to be sent back to Australia after two days but was held for another eight so he could go before a judge, after an immigration officer said he had resisted returning to Australia.

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