Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme

Post by throwawayq3423 » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 4:28 PM UTC

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The multiple examples of legal residents being detained for their Pro-palestinian activism? So the Norwegian's account can't be trusted but the CPD's can? Why? Also most drugs are not federal crimes and it sounds like he wasn't arrested for it, so there's no record and therefore no reason to prevent lawful entry.

Let's ask the Norwegian if there was in fact a picture of his drug paraphernalia on his phone. That should help us resolve the issue. If there was that picture, it would be totally weird that he only mentioned his JD Vance meme and not the drug picture

Post by SV_BubbleTime » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 4:41 PM UTC

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When I say it’s possible, I don’t think that it’s the official CBP policy, but I have had enough interactions with power tripping cops to believe that it’s possible that the kid was disrespectful to the wrong guy. Customs agents have wide latitude in determining who can enter, and I could see a situation where an already angry agent saw the Vance thing, got even angrier and said you’re outta here.

The situation could certainly have been escalated by a single officer in a bad mood but there must have been some flag that caused him to be pulled aside in the first place. That doesn't mean there was any real wrong doing on the part of the guy but with many of other similar claims against the US border agents mistreating EU citizens you do see some reason why they might have been spooked if you dig a little deeper.…

Post by q1w2 » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 5:53 PM UTC

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> "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 de…

Post by Alupis » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 6:24 PM UTC

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And nearly all "rights" are rights of citizens , not visitors...

So foreigners have no rights in the US?? You clearly do not understand the law, at all.

Post by csa » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 8:14 PM UTC

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I did get a weird interaction in China fwiw. Let in fine but at one point i sat down to have lunch at a restaurant and 2 English speaking police officers sat down at my table and started asking if i was doing well etc. I just chatted making sure not to say anything negative about the government, talked about tourist sites and they left, they were fine, no issue. Just a weird interaction. I guess it's a routine part o…

> I guess it's a routine part of China's paranoia. They definitely do do weird things to check if tourists are causing trouble in some way i guess. I’m guessing you actually did something suspicious or illegal without realizing it. A common and simple example of this is taking pictures where it’s technically forbidden — airports, military buildings (these aren’t always obvious to visitors), religious sites, etc. Anot…