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A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone

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[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 day ago

Please be satire, please be satire...

reads

...Oh, fuck.

[-] XLE@piefed.social 20 points 1 day ago

Sorry for the mediocre source, but it looks like it got its facts and translation right.

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[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 day ago

But, but Elon told me comedy was legal now!

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Only if you're punching down, obviously

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mads Mikkelsen

[-] hector@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Do they have the right to search your phone ?

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They always had. The US border has this special exemption to the constitution that some of the normal protections don't apply.

If you are a citizen, they (legally speaking) can't deny you entry, but can jail (detain) you for 48 hours and seize all your belongings, and put your on a no-fly list if they wanted to.

If you are not a citizen, they could deny you entry on top of all that.

This was always the case in previous administrations, its just that in previous administration, they weren't this insane.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

If it can be unlocked through biometrics yes, according to SCOTUS

ALWAYS use a passcode, you cannot be compelled to divulge those

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

you cannot be compelled to divulge those

They can deny entry.

Even for US citizens, they could still detain you for 48 hours, seize all belongings, and put you on a no-fly list.

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[-] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago
[-] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 1 points 17 hours ago

I've finally found my banner pic lol

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

That's a paddlin'

[-] TheAristocrat@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

If you are doing any international travel, leave your personal phone at home and bring a burner.

[-] normis@lemm.ee 40 points 1 day ago

I have traveled the world, I just returned from China. Nobody has ever asked for my phone. This is crazy and it's definitely not the norm and is not happening even in very strict regime countries. This is the new USA.

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