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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

My manager and a team mate had to go to the US for work earlier this week. They're both British citizens but Indian heritage so was genuinely worried for them. Work made sure their papers were in order and they had local contacts just in case. It was "no more difficult than usual" (it's always been hard for brown people coming in with "random" security checks). There is no way I would be going though, would flat out refuse.

One made it home but funnily enough the other is stuck in Vancouver on the connection as theres some fire in Heathrow. At least he's out of the USA!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 33 minutes ago

Upper management wanted us to go to a conference in the US later this year, but they recently changed their mind. I’m relieved.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You should comply with all entry, visa and other conditions of entry. The authorities in the U.S. set and enforce entry rules strictly. You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules

This seems... very insufficent as a warning. Or have they formalized conditions at "not be critical of cry-baby in cheif" and similar things which has landed people in detention?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 46 minutes ago

There's already been two news stories of people with valid visas detained for not liking trump? Someone was suggesting to go via Dublin if travel to US is really essential.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 11 hours ago

American here:

Don't travel here. Don't buy our products. Don't sell us your products. Isolate us. Feelings about the American economy are the number 1 predictor of elections. We need the American economy to be in ruins to defeat these fascist fucks. The only other option is violence, and another American Civil War would be catastrophic for the world. We're swimming in nukes.

Yeah, we shouldn't have got ourselves (and by extension, eyeryone else) into this position. But we have, and we're asking for your help because our opposition party was too fucking incompetent to keep the least-popular President in American history from being elected back into office, and we need them to sweep future elections just to slow the bleeding in 2 years.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 14 hours ago

My department runs 12 overseas study abroad programs annually- last week we put our US program on indefinite hiatus.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

The Dutch have yet to update the travel advice: https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/reisadvies/verenigde-staten-van-amerika

But I wouldn't go to the United States, even if they were to give me millions.

I'm too critical of Trump on my socials, I'll be Room 101'ed immediately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I hope we give a real advisory and just straight up mark the country yellow, possibly orange for anybody not hetro or white instead of just telling people to "check visa requirements" so papa US doesn't get angry...

Mexico's been yellow with orange area's for years while crime rates in some area's are totally comprable.

They are losing it and we'd to well to remember there are more weapons there per capita there than we have bicycles.

(The scale is green, yellow, orange, red, for those that don't know what i'm on about. Green obviously meaning (relatively) safe, and red essentially being a warzone.)

[–] [email protected] 112 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

I wouldn't go to the US now if you paid me. Crazy fucking locals armed with massive amounts of guns, Americans who cheer for the reduction of rights for particular sets of people and the complete destruction of the government. The president threatening allied countries. Fuck the US.

America is a fucking shithole. We should put a wall around it to keep the world safe.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Germany has updated it's travel advice to the USA as well. (ed)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

... THAT'S how he was getting Mexico to pay for it!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 17 hours ago

Don’t forget the plane is more likely to crash there

[–] [email protected] 65 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

i'm IN america and i can tell you: whatever it is in this country you think you want to come here and see---it's not worth it

[–] [email protected] 24 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Hot take - New York City, Northern California / the Pacific Northwest, and Hawaii are the best tracks on America’s album.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Nah, it’s the US National Parks.

But honestly, none of those are worth your safety as an international traveler. Just wait until it’s safer. Though that might be a couple decades, at this point.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

The national parks are amazing. But who knows if they'll still be around since we're firing everyone who maintains them. Not sure if the plan is to destroy them or to give them to some oligarch as a little play-area.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

Nice one, thinking the US will last 2 decades more. The empire will fall

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago

Be patient. Those might all be part of Canada soonish. :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

Seattle will be cool again if the town goes bust and all the big money runs off. It's always been a boom town, I hope it still is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago

Colorado is the acoustic rendition of the Pacific Northwest. It slaps, but some of the instruments and distortion have been removed. Some people prefer it, but the electric version gets more air time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I'm in the PNW. Every week, at least someone gets shot in Seattle. Sometimes its a daily thing.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Every democracy in the world should be issuing travel warnings for the US.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago

Slowly, they all are.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 17 hours ago

I’m sure the tourism boards in Trump’s home state of Florida are going to love this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

While the US is going batshit insane, fuck white people that ignore visa requirements.

Most countries have very clear visa regulations, especially for short term visas. If you travel to the US and Canada as a European white person and you get refused entry because your paperwork is not OK, that is entirely on you. I deal with those entitled people on the regular. It's satisfying to see them not being able to use their white card. L2read and prepare.

If you're not white and European, that's a different story unfortunately...

(and just to be clear, I absolutely do not agree with what Drumpf is doing, the guy and his cronies and enables are criminals...)

[–] [email protected] 30 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Not sure where this is coming from but people are not only refused entry. People are detained. Even with valid documentation, evidently.

Germany also revised their travel advisories to reflect the fact you can basically arbitrarily be detained.

They don't issue these kinds of advisories for countries with normal visa procedures where nothing of note happens...

Your rant seems somewhat out of place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The father complained that his daughter got refused entry into Canada and was then detained in the US. If she would have had the correct paperwork for Canada, nothing would've happened.

But I agree, my rant is a bit out of place in here. Not the right place to relieve stress about dealing with entitled white people :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 12 hours ago

You’re a racist fuckwit.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 17 hours ago

Fuuuuuccckkkkk. This sounds pretty significant... maybe it's not and they've done this before but it sounds significant