https://www.10news.com/like-a-horror-movie-german-tourist-detained-by-ice-says-she-spent-week-in-solitary-confinement >A German tourist is fighting to get released from an immigration detention center after she was denied entry at the San Diego border and taken into custody by ICE last month. [...] >U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained the German tattoo artist after she tried to enter San Diego on January 25th from Tijuana with her American best friend. The two were traveling with tattoo equipment. [...] >Brösche told [ABC News] Team 10 she spent days detained in a cell at the San Diego border before being taken into custody by ICE. The agency then brought her to the Otay Mesa Detention Center where she’s now been for over a month. >She said she spent eight brutal days in solitary confinement in the facility. [...] >San Diego immigration attorney Tammy Lin said it was unusual that Brösche was detained. >“Typically, they'll ask the person, do you want to withdraw admission? They say, yes, then they will just release them on their way.” [...] >ICE spokeswoman Sandra Grisolia said in a statement Friday evening Brösche's detention is related "to the violation of the terms and conditions of her admission." >"All aliens in violation of U.S. immigration law may be subject to arrest, detention and, if found removable by final order, removal from the United States, regardless of nationality," she said. >The German consulate is aware of her case and is in close contact with U.S. authorities and Brösche’s family, said Danijel Skrelja, the Deputy Consul General in a statement.