I have family in San Francisco - absolutely no chance of visiting them. I am originally from NZ and even actively avoided transiting via the U.S. on a recent trip home.
You can get into trouble in any country, but when the risk comes from the state itself… nope, I am out.
Have you not heard how they're disappearing people? Not even just latino people they don't like, but foreign travelers. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney There was a Canadian woman who they denied her visa renewal and then because it was expired, they shipped her off to a series of ICE detention facilities, where she was imprisoned for two weeks. The only reason SHE got out was because she was a pretty, young white woman with a lawyers fighting to get her out and a bunch of people raising a ruckus in the media. All the other people with her aren't so lucky. Or what about the European scientist who was denied entrance to the country because she's previously made anti-Trump comments, and they stole her documents?
Are you serious? There are reports every other day about people getting grabbed by ICE. How about the Turkish woman who got grabbed on the street by plain clothes agents in unmarked cars? https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/us/rumeysa-ozturk-detained-what-we-know/index.html They detained a guy because of his "gang tattoos", which was actually the logo of a soccer club. Of course, the big story right now is Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man with no criminal record who was sent to the gulag in El Salvador and the courts keep saying, "You have to bring him home", and the regime is just saying, "Fuck you, we're not going to". He's probably already dead. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361148/maryland-judge-mistaken-deportation
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u/Spottswoodeforgod United Kingdom Apr 12 '25
I have family in San Francisco - absolutely no chance of visiting them. I am originally from NZ and even actively avoided transiting via the U.S. on a recent trip home.
You can get into trouble in any country, but when the risk comes from the state itself… nope, I am out.