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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, 09:14 AM

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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 Yesterday OP

Kick dalton99a Yesterday #1

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

+1 dalton99a Yesterday #3

+1 leftstreet Yesterday #8

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

My guess is edhopper Yesterday #17

Thanks for posting this. Hope22 Yesterday #5

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

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

Canada denied them entry. Melon Yesterday #12

I understand.... Hope22 Yesterday #26

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

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

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

Yep....6 weeks is horrible. Melon Yesterday #21

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

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

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

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

Do not travel here! Johnny2X2X Yesterday #7

Excellent examples in this article of why wnylib Yesterday #9

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

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

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

unbelievable waste of money mountain grammy Yesterday #19

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