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Lonestarblue

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6. No one from another country should risk traveling to the US today.

Reply to yaesu (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:14 AM

Feb 2026

Trump is killing our tourism industry. If I were a citizen of another country, I would now travel here now. ICE gets most of the attention, but many CBP agents are just as bad and they're often the ones arbitrarily detaining travelers or just forcing them to return home immediately.

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Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. [View all] yaesu Feb 2026 OP

Kick dalton99a Feb 2026 #1

To effectively terrorize people, punishment needs to be unpredictable and arbitrary. Girard442 Feb 2026 #2

+1 dalton99a Feb 2026 #3

+1 leftstreet Feb 2026 #8

She should have a gigantic lawsuit in the works. oasis Feb 2026 #4

My guess is edhopper Feb 2026 #17

Thanks for posting this. Hope22 Feb 2026 #5

It's weird Canada rejected them and it reads that the husbands work visa had already expired. Melon Feb 2026 #10

Much safer to have flown home from Canada. Hope22 Feb 2026 #11

Canada denied them entry. Melon Feb 2026 #12

I understand.... Hope22 Feb 2026 #26

The 'reason' is because the ICE goons get a big bonus for incarcerating people travelingthrulife Feb 2026 #14

There was no releasing them when they signed a contract to deport Melon Feb 2026 #16

Seems like there's reasons wherein it was correct to deport the husband AZJonnie Feb 2026 #20

Yep....6 weeks is horrible. Melon Feb 2026 #21

I thought it said they didn't have the right paperwork to bring the car ToxMarz Feb 2026 #22

Being in Southern California, whenever I rent a car - haele Feb 2026 #23

I'll post in the full heading. You can't enter canada Melon Feb 2026 #24

No one from another country should risk traveling to the US today. Lonestarblue Feb 2026 #6

Do not travel here! Johnny2X2X Feb 2026 #7

Excellent examples in this article of why wnylib Feb 2026 #9

Got to increase those profit margins increasing-it is the middle class paying for this not the wealthy Stargazer99 Feb 2026 #13

Wow! You just can't buy PR like this in the runup to the World Cup!!!! hatrack Feb 2026 #15

Bonus per detainee, ICE buying warehouses from Russian owners for 4-5x their value to house NoMoreRepugs Feb 2026 #18

unbelievable waste of money mountain grammy Feb 2026 #19

You can't enter Canada without having left the US with legal documents Melon Feb 2026 #25