'Norwegian Tourist Detained By ICE Then Sent Home From Newark Airport For Having Bald JD Vance Meme On His Phone'

[sop]

"A Norwegian tourist said he was harassed and refused entry into the U.S. after he was detained by immigration officers at Newark Airport who found a bald JD Vance meme on his phone. No, I'm not joking. Mads Mikkelsen — no relation to the actor he shares a name with — had the privilege of flying into Newark on June 11 for an American vacation, but that soon fell apart."

"The 21-year-old says he was pulled aside by border control and thrown in a holding cell. He was then subjected to what he described as 'abuse, of power and harassment,' according to the Daily Mail. Mikkelsen says agents asked him questions about drug trafficking, terrorist plots and right-wing extremism without giving him any reason as to why this was all happening. He also claimed the officers threatened him with a $5,000 fine or five years in prison if he refused to give them the password to his cell phone."

Read More: https://www.jalopnik.com/1894780/norwegian-tourist-detained-deported-by-ice-for-bald-jd-vance-meme/

[Doodley]

1. Stories like this are why we are in an international tourism recession. People don't want to come to America.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Talk about "cancel culture," what a bunch of weenies

Thanks for the thread sop

[kimbutgar]

3. Way to destroy our international tourism business in this country

I wanted to travel internationally this year but I’m worried when I try to return they will check my social media and detain me. I’ve never been a repuke nor orange taco Hitler supporter. And I have a lot of memes on my phone they wouldn’t like.

[Initech]

4. Our country is in the hands of fucking morons.

[mainer]

5. new JD VANCE meme -- and it's hilarious and horrifying at the same time

Link to tweet

[FirstLight]

6. I would really like to know how many people cancel their plans after these stories...

If I was an international citizen contemplating seeing the Grand Canyon...I'd cancel and wait for a better administration, fuck, it'll still be here in four years...