aGDevil2k
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Duke did the same for any community member not a citizen.
Unsafe for foreigners (or well anyone) to travel to US catchall thread
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donbosco
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I will add that this Canadian both earned their advanced college degrees in the US and taught here before heading across the Atlantic.
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CRHeel94
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Yep, that came out Friday.
Now scrambling to fill some time for our youngest. He's working a basketball camp (Academy) and then has a summer internship that starts in June. Will probably send him for a couple of weeks to visit a cousin or something.
I'm in the middle of basketball season, so I can't go up til July...maybe.
gtyellowjacket
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Terrible. US customs and border has always had major 4th and 5th amendment problems that I don't agree with but this is worse. Get the kid a phone call to get his documents. If the documents don't come, you've lost the time it takes to give him a phone call. If the documents do come, you avoid kidnapping a citizen and shipping them to Mexico.American Citizen rounded up by ICE. Still consider it an overreaction?
U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”www.nbcnews.com
A U.S.-born American citizen was being detained at the request of immigration authorities Thursday despite an advocate showing his U.S. birth certificate in court and a county judge finding no reason for him to be considered an “illegal alien” who illegally entered Florida.
Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez, 20, was arrested Thursday evening by Florida Highway Patrol and charged under a state immigration law that has been temporarily blocked since early this month. Details of Gomez-Lopez’s arrest and detention were first reported by the Florida Phoenix news site.
After inspecting his birth certificate, Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans said during the hearing that “this is indeed an authentic document,” but that she did not have jurisdiction beyond finding no probable cause for the charge.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s role is to enforce immigration laws that generally apply to noncitizens. American citizens are protected under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution from unreasonable search and seizure, arrest and detention.
Nonetheless, he remains detained locally at ICE’s request, said Thomas Kennedy, a spokesperson at the Florida Immigrant Coalition who attended Thursday’s hearing.
“Everything tracks for him being sent to an ICE detention center,” he told NBC News in a phone interview.
NBC News has reached out to state and federal authorities for comment.
I think the lawsuits will start flying and the administration will lose more than they win but I also think this will hurt him politically. Sure there are some racists out there that don't mind anything bad happening to brown people, but the vast majority of Republicans, including the majority of Hispanic men that voted for trump, make a big distinction between citizens and illegal aliens.
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Sounds like Customs officers had the right to deport these two (whether or not they would have done so in otherwise identical circumstances four months ago I do not know), but the kind of thing is getting more attention as the Trump Admin has a deportation standoff with the courts.
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Fears that Trump reforms could keep World Cup 2026 fans out of the US
Trump promised to allow all eligible athletes, fans and officials without discrimination into the U.S. for the 2026 World Cup but harsh immigration policies could threaten that
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Long visa appointment wait times combined with harsher regulations implemented by President Donald Trump could make it more difficult for soccer fans to make it to the United States next year for the World Cup.
There may be slightly less than 500 days until the U.S. hosts the 2026 World Cup, in tandem with Canada and Mexico, but that’s not enough time for soccer fans from Brazil, Colombia and Turkey to obtain tourism visas, according to global visa wait times.
Appointments for B-1 and B-2 visas – tourism visas that are required for fans attending the games – can take anywhere from 600 to 700 days for those countries. People from India, the United Arab Emirates, Peru and Honduras could face a wait of more than 400 days.
The long wait times are caused, in part, by a massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system.
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I'm already on record that both the World Cup and the Olympics should be pulled from the US. We are not a trustworthy international partner for such an event.Fears that Trump reforms could keep World Cup 2026 fans out of the US
Trump promised to allow all eligible athletes, fans and officials without discrimination into the U.S. for the 2026 World Cup but harsh immigration policies could threaten that
Long visa appointment wait times combined with harsher regulations implemented by President Donald Trump could make it more difficult for soccer fans to make it to the United States next year for the World Cup.
There may be slightly less than 500 days until the U.S. hosts the 2026 World Cup, in tandem with Canada and Mexico, but that’s not enough time for soccer fans from Brazil, Colombia and Turkey to obtain tourism visas, according to global visa wait times.
Appointments for B-1 and B-2 visas – tourism visas that are required for fans attending the games – can take anywhere from 600 to 700 days for those countries. People from India, the United Arab Emirates, Peru and Honduras could face a wait of more than 400 days.
The long wait times are caused, in part, by a massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system.
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FIFA’s last World Cup site used slave labor that they worked to death. Before that it was Putins Russia. They don’t care about putting on matches in fascist countries.
FIFA and its board/leaders and the International Olympic Committee care about getting their bribes.
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U.S. border patrol officers have been setting up extra checkpoints near crossings between the U.S. and Metro Vancouver.
In an unusual scene, vehicles in the U.S. that are heading north to Canada through the Peace Arch and Pacific Highway crossings are sometimes being stopped by U.S. border patrol before they leave the country and arrive at Canadian customs. In some cases, it has added hours to crossing times.
"They stopped and they asked us to open everything up," said David Crosby, a U.S. resident who crossed into British Columbia on Tuesday in his vehicle.
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JD Vance trolled for his 'joking' threat to FIFA World Cup fans: 'Everybody's welcome but when the time is up...' - Times of India
US News: The Donald Trump administration has made sure that next year's FIFA World Cup will not give a leeway to foreign visitors to overstay in the US. Vice P.
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OMG. What a fucking idiot. FIFA doesn't need to move on from North America; it should just only use Canadian and Mexican venues. Problem is that this new absolutely nonsensical expansion, there's no way Mexico and Canada have sufficient capacity this late in the game.JD Vance trolled for his 'joking' threat to FIFA World Cup fans: 'Everybody's welcome but when the time is up...' - Times of India
US News: The Donald Trump administration has made sure that next year's FIFA World Cup will not give a leeway to foreign visitors to overstay in the US. Vice P.
That was quite possibly the least funny "joke" I've ever heard.
BTW, I guarantee you that the USMNT doesn't advance. I mean, the team's not good, but even if the team is, the refs and the opposing players will not let them. Refs are going to let the opponents get away with way more. I predict red cards for Team USA and possibly injuries.
CRHeel94
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Pretty standard requirement from US consulates around the world.
My question has always been how that can me missed in the wrong hands. The consulate has a high quota in power and doesn't explain reasons of rejection.
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This stupid plan to harass and threaten visitors to our Country is so beyond the pale that I can’t understand it. Why? Millions of people who want to come and spend their money here. See how great our Country is. Do we still want Foreigners to admire the US and want to work with us or do we believe that threats work better?
It’s Trump. He definitely favors threats.