Appalling. In our name:
"‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks.
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
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@jeffjarvis International travel is down 11%, 15%, 22%? We can do better than that!
@jeffjarvis Absolutely horrible!
coming to the usa? congrats! Now you get a chance to roll our special dice! Boxcars means prison for you for well...who knows how long really? (that's a another dice roll)
good luck! 🙂
@jeffjarvis
If you're innocent and clean,
you're not safe in a regime
where you head accounts as bounty
in the pockets of some rowdy.
Nothing will protect from him.
@jeffjarvis At some point, EU (and the UK) should realistically close symbolically(?) the borders for ordinary citizens, as their safety can't be assured. Like toward many other dictatorship countries.
At least: to go there, sign here, where you accept to put your life at risk, as we could not do much if you're framed and incarcerated with no reason.
Should that speak out loud enough?
@jeffjarvis maddening. Evil. Unjust. We'd be better off locking up everyone involved in her detention.
@jeffjarvis She REALLY should sue.
Except that the legal system has been compromised by Trump.
@jeffjarvis It's a real shame, I used to love holidaying in the US with the family, not anymore. I now go to Antigua and various places in Europe (I'm in the UK). I just hope the World Cup isn't ruined, I don't know anyone that's travelling to watch the games which is unheard of.
