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Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme (www.dailystar.co.uk)

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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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[–] [email protected] 182 points 6 days ago (13 children)

This not only has been going on awhile, it's worse than it sounds.

A French scientist was denied entry at the border earlier this year, in March, after officers unearthed messages criticising Trump on his phone.

Mikkelsen explained: "They threatened me with a minimum fine of $5,000 or five years in prison if I refused to provide the password to my phone."

[–] [email protected] 74 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Any idea if these threats are actionable? He's not a US citizen to just fine or imprison.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Depressingly, SCOTUS has ruled that you really don't have the same rights at border crossings as you do once you've passed through.

This applies to citizens as well as foreign nationals.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You have even less rights at border crossings if you are not a citizen and have not technically entered the country through immigration yet... basically the Constitution does not even apply:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ex_rel._Knauff_v._Shaughnessy

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