This is beyond appalling! This must be stopped. We have to share this and make sure people know what is happening in these camps. Please share this far and wide!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney
U.S. Denied Entry to #French Scientist Over Views on #Trump Policies, #France Says
The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near #Houston when #border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/world/europe/us-france-scientist-entry-trump-messages.html
Dude in my TL saying Canadians who wish to visit USA should do so by air because #CBP can bar you from getting on the plane but not detain you.
Do people not understand that there’s no magic mechanism to evade the profit maximization of CBP’s private prisons? Why wouldn’t they let you in USA solely for the purpose of not letting you out? Especially when that means money in some oligarch’s pocket?
IANAL but if you are not a citizen, don’t come to USA. If you are a naturalized citizen, don’t try to cross the border if you can at all help it.
Ok good morning fedi.
As I wrote several times during the first Trump presidency, the obscene amount of power the US system of government affords the president (whomever he or she may be) over immigration, border policing, and counter-terrorism activities, has always meant that Donald Trump doesn't have to build a Gestapo; he already has a ready made cavalcade of security forces more or less directly under his control and ideologically aligned with vast portions of his xenophobic, nativist, and ultimately fascist agenda - including the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and the CBP. This direct control and ideological alignment in turn, goes a long way towards explaining why the Trump regime is targeting migrants, foreign visitors legally inside the United States, and folks crossing the border, as a test laboratory for fascist ideological policing policies you can bet your ass Trump intends to roll out against the rest of America if nobody stops him from doing so by whatever methods are necessary.
Take for example this recent story of a French researcher who was denied entry to the US, threatened with federal charges, and then expelled from the country for messages on his phone to friends and colleagues in which he was critical of the Trump administration's drastic cuts to science research funding:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
"France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.
“I learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) “who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled”, Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister of higher education and research, said in a statement on Monday to Agence France-Presse published by Le Monde. “This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy,” the minister added."
Naturally, you're probably thinking "criticizing Trump's shortsighted budget policies and Elon Musk's hard on for destroying any scientific research capabilities he and his tech fascist buddies don't own isn't a crime, and doesn't represent a danger to American security" and you're absolutely right. Unfortunately due to America's twin historical freak outs about "communist spies" and "terrorists" the fact is that American border authorities have already been conducting ideological screening at the borders and turning away folks who share benign opinions with millions of Americans under the guise of "keeping us safe," for decades. What's new here under the Trump regime, is the argument that thinking Der Führer and Elon Musk are idiots, is now being treated as prima facie evidence that someone, even a scientist here for a scientific conference, is a danger to the national security of the United States. In other words, what Trump's border Gestapo is doing here is *probably* legal, but it's still fascist; which is part of why I keep reminding you that America has been embracing fascist ideology and building a fascist police state for far longer than Donald Trump has been involved in politics.
Even more disturbing however, is the news that the FBI was called in to investigate the researcher and charges were considered; again, for criticizing Donald Trump and Elon Musk's quest to gut scientific research funding.
"Another AFP source said that US authorities accused the French researcher of “hateful and conspiratorial messages”. He was reportedly also informed of an FBI investigation, but told that “charges were dropped” before being expelled."
As note above, the researcher was told that the "charges were dropped," but it says a lot about the FBI under the Trump regime that the US government was actively looking for a way to turn private conversations critical of Trump into a criminal offense in the first place. Right now there are probably more than a hundred million Americans expressing critical opinions of Trump, Musk, and the Pork Reich regime; which is a rather ominous thought when you remember that the Trump administration is already manufacturing consent to apply this kind of ideological policing domestically under the guise of opposing "terrorism" and protecting public safety.
To date, the #Trump admin has addressed such legal considerations by having #CBP or #ICE detain people & move them once in custody, including on US #military flights involved in its #deportation efforts.
If the plan is approved, & admin officials deem it successful, the military-controlled buffer zone, measuring 60 feet deep, eventually could stretch west to #California, officials said.
"Le Monde reports that a French researcher traveling to the US for a conference was denied entry by CBP because a border agent
searched his phone & found comments criticizing Pres Trump."
-A Reichlin-Melnick
DHS has weaponized #CBP...
Few tourists will even consider visiting the US.
The #TrumpMusk regime is destroying the US economy: #tourism, trade, services, retail sales, manufacturing, #stagflation, #firings...
There's no #FreeSpeech.
#Trump #DHS #Fascism #USPol
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html
Acc/to court documents filed by the govt, #RashaAlawieh was questioned by a #CBP officer about photos on her phone that appeared to depict #Hezbollah fighters. Alawieh allegedly said they were shared by others within WhatsApp messaging groups of friends & family.
Alawieh allegedly said her interest in Nasrallah was in his standing as a #religious figure within the Shia #Muslim community, as opposed to his role as a political leader….
#DHS said in a stmnt on Mon that Alawieh had told #CBP officers that she traveled to #Beirut to attend the funeral of #Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
"A visa is a privilege not a right—glorifying & supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be denied. This is commonsense security," the DHS stmnt continued.
A federal judge canceled a Mon morning hearing for a #doctor who was deported to #Lebanon after demanding to know whether #CBP had "wilfully" disobeyed his order to keep her in the country amid a challenge to her #deportation.
#DOJ said Dr #RashaAlawieh, "had already departed the United States" by the time CBP officers at Boston's Logan Airport received notice of Judge Leo Sorokin's instructions, the judge said in a brief order Mon.
#immigration #law #xenophobia
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rasha-alawieh-brown-university-doctor-deportation-lebanon/
@torf @helma @nicoco @fabiscafe @vkc not to mention foring people to unlock devices isn't unique to #Russia.
The #USA's #ICE & #CBP routinely rejects entry if people refuse to decrypt storage and/or hand over logins...
"Trump's casual cruelty and dehumanizing hatred for immigrants of all kinds has clearly been internalized by Customs and Border Patrol as a guiding ethos, because there's no other way to explain the appalling treatment of Fabian Schmidt, a 37-year old German national who has lived in the US since his teen years and is a permanent resident. But that didn't stop CBP from arresting him at Logan Airport and subjecting him to torture, stripping him naked and depriving him of food and water before transferring him to the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island. CBP did not offer any kind of justification for this abhorrent violation of Fabian's human rights. Buckle up, America. If Trump's goons are willing to do this to a white man who is a legal resident, it's only a matter of time before they'll do it to the rest of us."
Quote from the Daily Dose of Democracy email
#Trump ajaa alas kirjastojen ja museoiden rahoitusta sekä hallituksen rahoittamia kansainvälisiä mediakanavia
#kirjasto #kirjastot #museo #museot #media #journalismi #VoiceOfAmerica #NPR #PBS #CBP #Dump #äärioikeisto #fasismi #tiedonvälitys #leikkaukset #Yhdysvallat #USA #politiikka #USpol
"Brösche, 26, never made it to LA. She’s been in federal immigration custody since Jan. 25 — the day they tried to cross into the United States through the San Ysidro Port of Entry."
#immigration #tourism #tourismus #travel #reisen #holiday #urlaub #cbp #esta #germany #deutschland #unitedstates #ice #usa #jessicabroesche
The United States of America is now a Hostile Banana Republic!
For the love of anything that is holy or that you believe in...
STAY THE FUCK AWAY!
Stop buying our products! Stop using our services!
Your #safety will absolutely NOT be guaranteed, and your support of United States businesses and our economy only pads the wallets of the oligarchs!
All of #Europe needs to issue a severe/ critical #TravelAdvisory for any non-citizen travelling to the US for work or play. #USpol #ICE #CBP #immigration #customs #DHS
https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/02/28/german-tourist-held-indefinitely-in-san-diego-area-immigrant-detention-facility?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Males detained by ICE will be housed in units in several fed prisons around the country.
The Fed Bureau of Prisons facilities that'll house ICE detainees are the Federal Detention Center, Miami, Philadelphia, & Atlanta, Leavenworth in KS, & the Fed Correctional Inst. in Berlin in NH.
Many of the undocumented immigrants apprehended by ICE haven't committed a crime, crossed the border -first violation is a misdemeanor.
#Immigrants #USPol #Detention #ICE #CBP #DueProcess https://abcnews.go.com/US/males-detained-ice-housed-federal-prisons-new-memo/story?id=118850412
I really need the white people in my very white #Vermont community inside the 100-mile border zone to understand that no matter how "left wing" you think you are, you are never going to be in as much danger from #DHS #CBP #ICE as a similarly situated person of color.
The Orange Turd Clown Posse believes that non-white skin tone constitutes reasonable suspicion, probable cause, and sufficient evidence to presume guilt.
They're coming. Guaranteed... #ICE #CBP #immigration #raids #NM #NewMexico
I've resorted to carrying my US Passport card in my wallet because you never know who or what #Trump's #Gestapo/ #Stasi will target next.
https://sourcenm.com/2025/01/24/remain-vigilant-nm-immigrant-defenders-say-no-confirmed-ice-raids-here-yet/
OK well #CNN has the story, so I can talk about this now.
The administration has ordered all #refugee #resettlement work in the country to stop immediately. A refugee family that arrived on Thursday and was placed into a hotel until longer term housing could be identified would today, Saturday, be homeless.
I remind everyone that refugees are not here "illegally". They've gone through a years-long process of application and vetting that resulted in their admittance to this country. As part of that process, the US agrees to provide support and assistance when they first arrive—help that has now been prematurely terminated, in violation of our commitments.
Expect this cruel and illegal action to be challenged in court as early as Monday. Please support #HIAS or your local resettlement agency so they can continue their critically important work.
#immigration #CBP #ICE #StateDept #Afghanistan #Ukraine #foreignaid
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/24/politics/refugee-benefits-afghans-halt-trump-administration
In a country where cops will shoot your dog for fun or bust down the door to the wrong house and not pay for it are we really going to just assume the cops did not shoot first?
Crazy talk.
Nah I'mma wait till they prove their case before I repeat some cop lies.
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