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NZ has a exercise caution advisory for USA......

I personally have a "don't risk it" advisory; especially if you are anything other than white.

political memes he liked on Instagram

I never want to hear another American lecture about the importance of "freedom of speech".

My mom is flying back to America tomorrow. I guess I'm about to find out how cool she is on Facebook whether I like it or not. And I tried so hard not to know...

My wife's grandma passed away in her homeland and she can't even attend the funeral over this shit. She's got a green card and doesn't even have socials, but these assholes have ruined travel.

Except prices, interesting side effect when demand is so low, it's cheaper than it's been in a decade during peak season. Still don't recommend, but thought it a funny but sad observation.

I guess this is making America "great" right? This is how great nations treat their residents/visitors/citizens?

The story closely matches Hasan's, which leads me to believe it's accurate...

Ask yourself why they'd be collecting information about these peoples' political opinions. What do you think comes next?

Be advised: going through this is a high-stakes form of bullying, plain and simple.

• This is about exercising a power dynamic, with the thin-veil of legitimacy that security operations provide. Your suffering is how the very worst get their rocks off.
• Do exercise a strong self-defense and be prepared for these scenarios.
• Do be prepared for retaliation when your preparedness suddenly makes an agent's job hard.
• Do have a contingency plan that involves action by outsiders.
• Don't rely on the ability to exercise your autonomy when in captivity; they will make sure that's rendered moot.

I WOULD say "call the police and report him missing" as this is absolutely the scenario for it, but.... well, that ain't actually gonna help for shit, is it?

So far, how many people have been held up by ICE? What's the percentage? it would be hilarious if they were having more issues entering USA than China or NK

It is my promise that if I every have standing to sue for violation of my constitutional rights, any agents of law enforcement or the government involved will be married to my case for years. I will not let it go. I will not settle. I will be a fucking problem. You'll think of my name when you're lying in bed at night. If you're reading this right now on my phone that you confiscated for no justifiable legal cause, you've been warned.

And this is why standard practice now should be to have all devices turned completely off with all FaceID/ fingerprint unlocking features turned off before you enter any US customs hall. They cannot compel you to tell them your password, but they can use faceID to open your phone.

Also, after being detained, you only know one word and that word is “lawyer.”

That's a fucking awful situation.

And unfortunately I might be in the same boat soon. I'm planning to visit family outside the country, and for the return flight I'm gonna be taking an old phone that I've cleaned of anything remotely useful for them as an excuse for their fascist bullshit. But I've left all the mundane bullshit that would be on a normal phone, text messages from siblings saying "food", cat pictures, random games, etc. So it won't look like a burner phone for the most part. So I can just give them the phone if they ask and it won't matter.

But I still need access to my shit, so I've set up my desktop at home for ssh with termux. I can see them using this an excuse as well, but it's probably the best I can get it without giving them potentially direct access to my password vault, messages, etc. I'm still debating if it is worth trying to remember my IP and port so there's even less for them to see.

If anybody's got better suggestions I'm open to them.

Oblgitory: fuck this fascist ass country

Horrifying

boy, trump is trying to do everything he can to discourage immigration, isn't he?

Its nothing new tbh. C.K Chesterton is quoted about his entry into the US:

I have stood on the other side of Jordan, in the land ruled by a rude Arab chief, where the police looked so like brigands that one wondered what the brigands looked like. But they did not ask me whether I had come to subvert the power of the Shereef; and they did not exhibit the faintest curiosity about my personal views on the ethical basis of civil authority.