Fabian Schmidt chose America long ago. A year after getting trapped in ICE’s net, he still does.

By: William Skipworth

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: July 6, 2026

Words: 2,659

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Fabian Schmidt sometimes wakes up afraid in the middle of the night, briefly forgetting he’s no longer at the maximum security prison where he spent two months last year.

Schmidt, a German green card holder who moved to the United States as a teenager in 2007 and now lives in Nashua, was detained by immigration officials at Boston Logan Airport last year. He spent two months jailed in Rhode Island for what his lawyer calls …

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