German tourist and her friend wants to make art on a holiday trip in the US, but Trump's goons decide she is probably there for illegal work and throw her in a detention facility, just like MAGA wants it.

I hope the German government helps this couple sue the US to kingdom come.

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US Nazi goons will kidnap anyone traveling into the US or anyone that looks like they should be denied their human rights. ICE and customs agents have been given the green light to operate outside all laws. The US is as dangerous as Iran or North Korea for foreign travel. Until the Nazis are eliminated the US is a no go zone
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Met a woman who mentioned #Wwoofing* to the USA arrival goons.

"Sign here giving up your rights and you're on a plane back to Australia in 6 hours."

Don't know what happens if you don't sign.

* Volunteer unpaid work on organic farms.

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NOT long, I hope.
As long as the #TrumpRegime is in power, the USA should become as isolated as possible - concerning politics, defense, travelling, trade.
As a German, I always loved America. But at the moment: no love nomore.

@skua @randahl
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She has very little recourse, unfortunately.

I was detained for hours back in 2008 at a US border crossing, and I had a valid TN work visa. Didn't make any different.

The Homeland Security putz had decided he didn't like me taking an American job and drug it out until my employer and the client, both multinational conglomerates, got involved.

in reply to Randahl Fink

Oh yes, this is exactly why I have refused to travel to the US for a very long time. And this is why I desperately try not to have any pictures of me online, before customs start connecting my political views (would be framed as extreme leftist, anti-US, anti-president, should be framed as human rights, butbwhom am I explaining this) with AI search of my face at the border...
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This is what you get when you vote for hate.

These people wanted to make her suffer, rot in prison, to know โ€whoโ€™s boss around hereโ€.

No matter it cost the american taxpayer more because she missed her return flight.

They will always choose to hurt over reason. Thatโ€™s why theyโ€™re dangerous.

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ยปBrรถsche would spend that time in federal detention, where she remains, waiting for a deportation flight back to Berlin. [โ€ฆ] Lofving said the episode is particularly absurd because Brรถscheโ€™s original return flight to Berlin was on Feb. 15 โ€” nearly two weeks ago.ยซ

ยปThey found that of the 447 migrants detained in all four stations, 42% of them exceeded the 72-hour standard, with some being there for more than 20 days.ยซ

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A little more context: the story has some attention at yellow press outlets like Bild or BZ (just like Bild an outlet of Springer, let's say the Kraut Murdoch) who went out of their way to push anti-immigration rhetoric in the federal election campaign.
They applauded even the stupidest and cruelest deportation flights. Yet, when it's a German citizen (even clearly not aligning with their stereotypical German) they show outrage about the behaviour of ICE and even compassion with Jessica, the tattoo artist.
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Strenghtens me in my decicion to ditch the vacation with my daughter, in that i wanted to show her some US cities and visit a friend.
If it stays like this, my feet will not willingly touch US ground in the future. I'd be too afraid for myself, let alone for my child.
(not that i felt safe in the US on the last two trips many years ago. Would not immigrate there for money. )
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