Wonder 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.
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
#22land of the free
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#23Does even China does that? Go through pics on your personal device at the border? Refuse entry over memes.
Not in my experience. They check your passport and your visa. Didn’t go anywhere near my phone.
I wouldn’t be sharing Winnie the Pooh memes on WeChat though.
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#24Does even China does that? Go through pics on your personal device at the border? Refuse entry over memes.
Not when I went there. I needed a lot of paperwork for the visa at their embassy, and to surrender my passport for a few days, and a signed statement from my employer that I was not a journalist of any kind.
I got in. I was sent to some form of secondary screening, but they apparently couldn't find anybody who could speak English, so they just let me in.
Edit: I'm from a rich western country, in case it matters for anybody getting an understanding of who gets treated what way.
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#25This feels like a made up story just like so many other stories that get published to scare people from visiting China, India, Mexico, Columbia, etc.
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#26Jeez...is the current administration that sensitive to criticism? I wonder if this comment will come back to haunt me some day.
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#27I’d prefer a meme of Wilfred The Dog JD Vance…the bald one is creepy!
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#28Should 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?
Not really, in JFK terminal 4 at least, you get your luggage after passing through immigration.
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#29Going to the USA as a tourist might be the most stupid action that one can make at this time. Unless you have a dying mother or father, there is absolutely no reason to visit this country. It reminds me of the tourists that used to go to North Korea for fun some years ago, it never was a good idea.
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#30Does even China does that? Go through pics on your personal device at the border? Refuse entry over memes.
Visited PRC several times. They didn’t even ask much of a reason for my visit beyond “tourism”.