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Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme (www.dailystar.co.uk)
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A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Just get a burner to travel. Quit bringing your phones here.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 65 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Better yet, don't go at all. Go to a country that's still a democracy.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

Agreed. It's not safe for anyone at this point.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 7 points 5 hours ago

I refused to travel to the US in the last Trump administration. I'm certainly not going to do it in this one.