Hmmm, in what other country is it a punishable offence to make fun of its dear leaders? Thailand? North Korea? Myanmar?
Like it or not, these countries are who you are being compared to.
Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
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Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#32Obviously if it is true this is ridiculous and condemnable but it would be nice to have more supporting evidence than this report.
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#33What the hell is happening to our country :(
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#34Does even China does that? Go through pics on your personal device at the border? Refuse entry over memes.
They have never gone through my phone, although I guess if they wanted to nothing would stop them. The immigration agents don't even ask questions most of the time, heck, I don't even here them speak on most of my entries.
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#35I’m no fan of the current administration but this is one person’s account so inherently 1 sided. I just flew in from Europe and most people were not searched. US border control don’t have time to systemically search the phones of all travelers. I’m guessing some other red flag triggered the questioning and phone search and denial (eg no return ticket or accommodation booked).
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#36Does even China does that? Go through pics on your personal device at the border? Refuse entry over memes.
Have been to China multiple times and no, this does not happen.
To be fair something that makes the news isn't necessarily indicative of the median experience either. If US and China both looked through 0.1% of traveler's phones, that'd be both compatible with horror stories making the news, and widespread anecdotes of "weird, never happened to me".
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#37Should I start putting my phone in checked baggage? Is that allowed with the batteries and stuff? I guess I can carry a cheap older smartphone with a burner number for the actual flight.
That wouldn't matter, you get your checked luggage before border control, don't you?
No.
Sure, if you get sent to secondary screening they may pick up your bag for you, but no.
Luggage pickup is after CBP. As far as I remember this is the case everywhere.
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#38> "placed in a cell" I think the title is deficient and should be based on this higher-weighted fact, over the weaker phrasing "refused entry". "Tourist jailed without trial for possessing political cartoon"
He was placed in a cell before they found the Vance image. He also said the border guard didn’t like that image or an image of him with a wooden pipe.
I don’t doubt that it’s possible he was denied because of the Vance image and that in itself says something terrible about the current state of affairs.
But I think it’s more likely that he was stopped based on some other red flag like not having a return ticket and denied because of that.
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#39Should I start putting my phone in checked baggage? Is that allowed with the batteries and stuff? I guess I can carry a cheap older smartphone with a burner number for the actual flight.
Delete social media or wipe your phone and restore on your destination. On a laptop, you could use a decoy OS on a separate partition.
The best way to seem like you're not hiding something is to have something else to show.
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#40Wonder what the "political correctness is bad" "nobody is allowed to crack jokes anymore" "cancel culture is out of control" crowd will say about this one...
Don't worry, they'll find a way to justify it.
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