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[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Ngl China didn’t touch my phone upon entry. Think my iris got scanned though and certainly got full palm printed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Don't keep anything incriminating on your phone, yeah american border guards but also the fucking RCMP likes to grab phones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Wondering when my publishing record qualifies me for asylum.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago

Easy fix for me I just won't go.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 17 hours ago

Who said anything about traveling to the US?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Not interesting in traveling to States. I am poor. Americans don't need my euros.

[–] LMurch 7 points 18 hours ago

We DO need them, but we don't deserve them. Canada is pretty. I honeymooned in Quebec City.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's not that uncommon for border patrol to go through your phone. I went to Canada 6-7 years ago and they went through my sister's phone because she told them she wanted to meet a Canadian friend she had made online. Border patrol read their conversations while we waited in a confinement room. It was the last time I went to Canada

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

So they were trying to keep your sister from being human trafficked and you had a tantrum and refused to come back? Probably not a big loss for Canada.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Breaking: Trump justice dept to define eating brie as Domestic Terrorism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

New executive order just dropped: from now on only β€œeasy cheese”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

US FDA announces easy cheese as the healthiest option for kids everywhere!

[–] LMurch 4 points 18 hours ago

This would send my wife off the deep end. Don't do this, Orange Fat Man.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why even visit a hostile country?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They're a scientist. Science is pretty international and often involves travelling to all sorts of countries for conferences with other researchers in your field.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

not to US now, that is became pretty anti-science. stems is already suffering in many areas before trump was elected, he just made things worst.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

His job sent him

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This. I personally have no plan going to usa now and in the future. Unfortunately some Canadians may still have to go for work related trips. Just be aware that you may or may not need to register in the new "Alien Registration Requirement".

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Just be aware that you may or may not need to register in the new "Alien Registration Requirement".

And if you choose wrong, they might lock you up in a ~~detention center~~ concentration camp.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

There's something ironic about reading this with a Home Depot (huge Trump supporter) ad embedded in it.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I actually live in the US and am considering a burner for when I travel.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I have a question for you, do you actually need REAL ID to travel domestically?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago

Soon, you'll need it to fly domestically.

They actually set this up pretty far in advance though. For instance, I'm from Texas, where any IDs issued since October 2016 are complaint. It's impossible for me to have a current ID that's non-compliant.

So from my perspective there won't really have been any changes since 2001 in my flying experience.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Starting May 7, yes you’ll need a REAL or Passport to board US domestic flights.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the only solution. I would rather eat nails than go to the States again.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I read that as snails and was about to comment "bonjour" ... instead I did the joke in this meta way

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That's not news. The US has for a long time reading/copying contents of electric devices at the border

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They never asked to see my phone at the border. But the last time I crossed they were getting a hell of a lot more aggressive. They got less aggressive when I became a Canadian citizen, but when I only had my Lebanese passport they almost always brought me in for more questioning. It was kinda bizarre. They probably aggressively searched my luggage, but I can't be sure of that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

probably had to do with your country of origin.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They got less aggressive when I became a Canadian citizen, but when I only had my Lebanese passport they almost always brought me in for more questioning.

This but with passport origins instead of skin color.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My checked luggage used to be searched when I went to usa. I knew it was searched because tsa would leave a pamphlet inside my luggage saying that it was searched. I believe they have stopped leaving such pamphlet but I won't be surprised if they still search luggages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I used to get "randomly" searched every time I fly in the US until I was sent to the side room for more extensive search and interview.
After that I never got randomly searched anymore whenever I go through the airport.
I think once they know everything and judged that I'm not going to be a problem, I stopped getting flagged.
From the news, this time feels a bit different.
Unfortunately I'll avoid crossing the border until things settle down in a few years. I don't want to get whisked away by ICE for looking at someone funny

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

While technically true, they weren't kicking out foreign visitors for being critical if the president.

I used to train people in a specific culinary technique, and i had clients from all over the world, including Muslim clients from the Middle East and India. Most had no problem visiting, but one was stopped at the border and heavily grilled.

His visa said he was here for vacation and educational purposes, but when they went through his texts, they determined that he was here for business purposes, and threatened to confiscate his cash, and reject him from entering the country.

After a few hours, he eventually convinced them that he had considered his training with me to be educational rather than business for his visa, and it just an honest mistake, with no nefarious purpose, and was finally released so he could visit me, and get his training.

This was about 10 years ago, and I don't remember who was president. It was either Trump or Obama.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Lol free speech amirite

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