You'd have to be downright r-worded today to want to visit USA. Not this woman, I mean every one who comes after her.
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2025
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As an American, I would recommend that folk reconsider travel to the US during the current administration. There are no longer checks and balances and it’s a very dangerous place at the moment. They’re removing all accountability for the border patrol and any immigration adjacent services so they can now do whatever they want. You’re at the complete mercy of the immigration service and they have full latitude to do whatever they want (legal or illegal) as the threat of repercussions have been removed. Be safe out there.
My university sent out travel warning announcements about the US to all students and staff through email and matrix last week. Basically warning everyone, especially queer people, that you should expect complications or unjust treatment when traveling to the US. Kinda crazy that some german university takes this more serious than the US democrats take the end of their democracy.
While this is true, people travel to Dubai and to Thailand and to Egypt (maybe not much recently) and, well, to Turkey.
Accountability and checks and balances in countries listed are such that the former two are technically absolute monarchies, so in that regard worse in skeleton than England after Magna Carta.
One difference is that Egypt and Turkey have a lot of tourism, so they tend to be quite tolerant towards tourists. You don't want to scare off potential customers. The US seems to forget that.
And these police that have you at their mercy are pm selected for being dumb, and anyone who wants the job just wants the power to harm people. Also they get like two days of training before being given a badge and a gun. When they abuse their power, even when they murder people, they have next to zero accountability.
Don't come here. Most of Central America is fantastically beautiful, welcoming, and safe. From what I understand Canada is as well (I'm not allowed in the country) but it's cold there much of the year.
Thanks. The US is the last place I wanted to go anyway, I don't want to support genociders.
Yeah. I have friends who are wanting to come to the US. "It couldn't happen to me, I'm white" they say. "I'm from Europe, I'll be safe" they say.
No.
It'll happen to them, and I'm scared because they refuse to listen.
Send them a link to this story.
I did.
I would go. But i'm not crossing the border legally lmao no fucking way.
She didn't even do anything. They just took her aside because they thought she might use her time to work in the US. What the fuck is wrong with those people?
Give people power without accountability and this is what happens. Every single time. That's what the rule of law is about and that's why fascists hate it so much.
Commenting to emphasize this.
I bet she's attractive to the people who detained her. Why would they separate her from her friend.
What a horrible situation for the artists and all those detainees..Seems random people have been detained and held way too long, without legal reasons.
It's easy to make up a "legal reason". The actual problem is violently controlling people.
I would not even fly to the USA right now, if I would get paid to do so. This country turned from one of the most attractive targets into a total shithole within weeks.
The US stopped being an attractive target to me the moment they fucked over Iraq.
to be fair, it was not an attractive target before either for a long tim, independently of the president. CBP and ICE were bad people for a very long time now, and that's not even the only problem
I've visited the US a couple of times for work.
I've been very careful with my wording when they've asked if I'm there to work.
Yes, I'm there for work. I'm employed in the EU, and I'm just there representing my employer at a fair or technical meeting. I'll be gone in a few days.
My colleague didn't have the same way with his words, but back then they'd just put you on the next plane back.
That's still supposed to be the thing. Denied entry, the next flight back or walk back across the land border.
Yeah, I've been to the US for work-related training and it's the same. You must emphasize that you will not be working as an employee while you're there, or they assume that you are.
"business" used to be the right way to describe it . Then if asked you'd elaborate.
Sue Sue Sue. Take them all down and take them over the coals for every cent you can get.
I don't want to be mean, but I think it's a bit naive that a German citizen would be able to sue the US gov with the current checks and balances
What checks and balances?
Sueing everything and everybody is such an American thing to do.
She'll be glad to get the fuck out of that shithole and never look back.
It's the goddamn plot of Mexican Joker from South Park happening in real time