How a French scholar was treated at US airport

Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by jccc on Monday February 27, 2017 @08:26AM (#13743958)

And that's had a direct effect on the attitude and behavior of immigration goons:

"[...] the shift — and the new enthusiasm that has come with it — seems to have encouraged pro-Trump political comments and banter that struck the officials as brazen or gung-ho, like remarks about their jobs becoming 'fun.' Those who take less of a hard line on unauthorized immigrants feel silenced, the officials said."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/ice-immigrant-deportat...

https://twitter.com/JameelJaffer/status/835842617103503361

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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by AReallyGoodName on Monday February 27, 2017 @12:04PM (#13745694)

This combined with the fact that they now demand access to your facebook account on entry means I'm scared to post anti trump comments online. I need to travel between my birth country and my new home in the USA regularly. If I get a pro-trump homeland security agent (and it seems many of them are) scanning my phone. I fear I might be denied re-entry despite having a valid work visa.

I guess we'll be seeing more and more of this in the near future. I and other non citizens are now silenced. A few more laws like this to silence a few other anti-trmup groups and the USA will slowly creep into totalitarianism for fear of losing everything they have.

I'm just glad my birth country is Australia and I can happily return there before it gets really bad in the USA. The biggest problem I'm having is where shall I draw the line where I pack up my life here and return.

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