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Well a researcher was denied entry because his messages against Trump were deemed terrorism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-sc
by amarcheschi 2y ago
Well a researcher was denied entry because his messages against Trump were deemed terrorism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-f...
I would be scared of that as a tourist, and I guess a lot of other people would be as well. Not just because of being denied entry but for the possible investigations one could face
- nkurz 2y agoI don't know what actually happened, but the current reporting is that he was turned back for other reasons: U.S. Says Decision to Turn Back French Scientist Had Nothing to Do With Trump The Department of Homeland Security said the academic was denied entry because he had 'confidential' data from an American lab, not because of his views on the president’s policies. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/world/europe/us-france-scientist-entry-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/world/europe/us-france-sc... (https://archive.is/z7mhZ https://archive.is/z7mhZ)
- amarcheschi 2y agoOk, that might put things into a reasonable perspective, but I do not know how much we can still trust government agencies right now