A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home from Canada says he was detained at the border without an explanation and "treated like a criminal."
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I would like to see the entire interview because I really want to dive deeper as to how the heck he could have thought he was the best choice? People voted based on emotion instead of facts; I truly believe that. Such a freaking horror show as a result.
I suspect that the reporter had not anticipated that MAGA twist, & wasn't prepared to follow up. Or as a lawyer, he was smart enough to not go any further, for fear of losing business from both sides.
It’s not too shocking. I forget the correct term but these are immigrants who got in, have made a living here but don’t want to allow any other immigrants after them to have the same opportunity so they vote against their own people 🤷🏼♀️
I don't make light of this. I don't, but black people get pulled over by the police and treated like criminals every day. It is, however, a new experience for many whites.
Absolutely true. When I hear someone start with the white DEI/white victim stuff I let them go on for a while and then I ask them,”Would you want to be black for one day?”
yet another “but I’m not one of the bad ones” Trump supporters who actually believed they were gonna be safe while the fascism only came after the “bad” ones. These people were and are infuriating. Fascism always eats its own. No big shock here
Tbf a lot of people in real life aren't like that, they're just uninformed and thought he'd be good for the economy (lmao in hindsight). It's still inexcusable to vote for him either way (we have a responsibility to be informed), but we don't know if he's one of THOSE crazy Trump fans.
Detaining citizens without explanation and treating them like criminals? This is how rights erode for everyone. Unchecked border authority and lack of due process are unacceptable. #Massroots #CivilLiberties #ProtectRights #EndOverreach
Ignorant folks like him are why we're in the position we're in . He is upset because he's got treated like he voted for "others " to be treated. Careful for what you vote for because you may get it.
How could ANYONE believe things would be better under the rapist, disabled persons bully, racist felon? Explain that one🤷🏻♀️. He deserves what he got.
How the hell did people think things were going to get better under Trump?? I don't recall hearing these types of stories about boarder crossings when Biden was in office?
Right-wing media has lied nonstop about Biden basically opening the borders. I have a friend in the Upper Midwest who truly believes criminals were just coming in unhindered, and I know if he believes it, a ton of much stupider people do.
This idiot thought "things would improve" with Trump back in office and is now facing the consequences of voting for fascism. This is wrong, and I hope this sends a message to every Trump voter who thought they'd be exempt from harassment because they're not trans or brown.
This is the second attorney that has been stopped coming back into the country. The other lawyer was an American who had a Palistinian client. This is crazy, and this guy admits he thought Trump was a good idea. My God.
Interesting. He was a tRump supporter. Sigh. Why would he think tRump would make things better. That’s disappointing. That’s also why I’m here in the Philippines till this nightmare is over. I will not subject my family to this mess. I believe if you voted for this president you are a criminal.
Interesting that you say that. I’ve never heard that from new citizens. I have heard it from many who were here at first illegally and then they became legal. But that’s just me and my experience.
the question you have to answer is supposing the next president is a democrat and you move back to the US ...what do you do if the president after that is another trumper????? it's gone, there can be no surety about anyone or any companies future in the US
In 2015 I was here in film school.That’s how I met my wife. COVID forced me back to the states. Now that I’m here for the birth of my child. When we go to the states we have a home here forever. In the military. I traveled the world. I have safe havens throughout Europe and Asia. Options many don’t.
BS. There are limited circumstances for breaking client attorney privilege. This sounds like a purposeful and unilateral waiver as a test case so other sycophant lawyers will follow and further weaken any valid excuse to not let free speech die.
The US has gone completely mad. It seems like they're looking at everyone and everything as a bad guy so it justifies their actions. To me it looks like I they've gone to war with the constitution and American law. The president has lost his marbles.....
Why did he think anything would be better under Trump? Did he forget the last time Trump was President and tried to overthrow the government to stay in office?
People have such a short memory. Trump has been in our face for more than 10 years. How come people didn't learn that he is a criminal conman?
And people still voted for him 🤮
My sister and her fiancé are traveling to Cypress this summer. Her fiancé is originally from Cypress and his family still resides there. He isn’t a US citizen although he’s been in the country for 18 years and has a green card. I’m concerned he’ll have trouble getting back in when they return.
I told her but she doesn’t believe it will be an issue. She doesn’t really watch the news. She doesn’t protest. She lives in a semi wealthy kinda bubble. He has a 16 year old daughter from his first marriage that lives with them as well.
I wonder what was so bad for him before, that he thought Trump would help. Maybe even real estate attorneys can’t afford eggs. Maybe he loved the idea of a Mexican wall but didn’t want one in the North with Canada. So much to unpick…
I wonder why so many people thought Trump would “make things better!” Were they in a coma from 2016-2020? 🤷♀️
Were they not paying attention to all the positive things Biden was doing for average citizens?
Ahhhh, in the end we find out he’s a supporter of the felon. Too fucking bad. I’m glad he got exactly what he voted for. Fuck ‘em! Zero sympathy for him.
You silly people are all so One Note. You simply cannot look past race and just see humans.
Then you project your own issue on everyone you hate. It’s so tiring.
America must be so #sickofwinning by now. You voted for #hate. You voted for #harm. You voted for #hatred. You voted for #racism. You voted for a convicted #felon.
The abuse Mr. Abrego Garcia must have endured and witnessed at the hands of the Trump/Miller Secret Police is what keeps the Trump administration from bringing him back or, for that matter, keeping him alive.
Unpreparedness and violation of human rights. Trumpism's insanity will explode and the American people will not accept it. I believe he will be impeached by the people in the streets.
The last sentence tells me he might have voted for him.. see dude, I don’t know how it could have gotten more obvious that he wasn’t going to be a good president. Did you listen to ANYTHING he said?
Yup. I wish them well on their fafo journey and their self discovery journey. But they’re gonna have to do it somewhere else, because I’m not giving up my parking spot for it lol
He's a real estate attorney. Maybe he means he thought Trump would make things better for the real estate industry. The personal rights of individuals such as him, not so much.
Looks like a classic example of FAFO...he voted for Trump. Perhaps next time he'll make a better decision. The midterms are coming up and if people are sick of this shit they VOTE OUT THE GQP in 2026. It's really very simple.
Don’t get it. He thot things wld be better under Trump 🙈. Were
He and many like him not listening to trump really. It’s difficult to fathom the reasoning behind educated ppl and their votes for Trump but I run into many immigrants turned citizen who thot in similar manner. 🤷♂️
congress is letting his questionable power ruin America and Americans are watching the America they knew, be trampled on. Mid terms should be an annual event. Many elected officials need to ousted. Even the presidency term limit should shorten.
This man can be smart enough to be an attorney, but he wasn't smart enough on Election Day to know that Trump was not qualified to be President, that Trump has a low IQ, that Trump is a LIAR, a criminal, a con-man and a grifter. It's all so evident, so apparent, how could he not see it?
Yea, waiting for my niece or her family members to be sent back to Peru, as she voted for this crap and thinks she will be “safe” because she followed to US law, but obviously, this corrupt administration is doing all possible to remove all immigrants, regardless of immigration or citizen status
It’s just naive, greedy people thinking that rich politicians can make them rich too, not realising that rich politicians are only in it to benefit themselves, & only give money to their buddies & soulless PR firms that capitalise on naive, greedy people.
The non white male part of the right has the most dangerous and award-winning form of compartmentalization. They are primed to feel hate and exalt in harm to others, believing in a mythical power adjacency that is and never has been real.
I felt bad for him until he said he thought things would get better under trump. Seems like he was okay with this happening to other ppl, just not him. Fuck this guy.
Japan could end this all tomorrow if it wanted to - it holds $1.07 T in US debt, far more than China does. If it sold even 1/4 of that it could tank the US economy. I guess leadership here still thinks there is some kind of ‘normal’ to return to.
....he is a lawyer and he just let ICE look through his phone and emails knowing it contained confidential client information? What a scumbag. Looks like he got exactly what he voted for.
He voted for Trump and he is an immigrant. What did he think would happen. They are deporting and arresting people who have been in the country for more than 10 years.
He thought things would change for the better, once Trump took office 👀. I guess I know who he voted for. He must’ve thought; “I’m not like those brown & Black immigrants. We’re citizens now, and we don’t fit the profile”.
How could anyone think things would be for the better- Better for who!?
With only a few necessary addresses on it. And small talk. Some organisations in the EU are already supplying burner phones to employees who have to go the U.S. In the occupied part of Ukraine people are forced to give their bank code.
The “I don’t know. The government said so.” Response is a red flag that’s more serious than we know.
I’m gonna posit that all the data that doge bros have hacked are being used in machine learning models to identify “threats”, “illegals”, or “enemies”.
I’m an ML master’s student. So maybe it’s my guess is biased but that would be an AI service that Elon would try to sell to governments. It could even be palantir for all we know.
I’d guess that’s how so many people are “accidentally” being detained. ML classifiers can’t be perfect.
Hahaha, that’s what it feels like, but a white Canadian with US residency was detained as well. So that’s what makes me think there’s something algorithmic going on.
This guy said some things that make me think he's an asshole starting with thinking that things would change for the better going from Biden to Trump. He has to be one dumb, shitty lawyer with a belief system like that. 🥺
Wow a felon, conman, and Russian asset is POTUS, and people are surprised by his actions? Wow. Either you support Fascism or you're against it. CHOOSE!
To be fair him saying he thought things would improve under Trump does not mean he voted for him or voted at all. But he can't comprehend he was lied to.
#FAFO right? I mean he voted for this current administration right? I read that somewhere, so when he voted for his; was he only okay when this kind of behavior happened to someone else?
Yep. They're fine with cruelty and injustice to "others" and then are all surprised when it turns out that they are "others" in the eyes of the people they elected.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
It’s like the idiots who have the nerve to cry over being deformed after getting caulk injected into their rears at a strip mall
U.S. border agents have the authority to search your electronic devices, including phones and laptops, at the border without a warrant or probable cause. This authority is rooted in the legal doctrine of the "border search exception" to the Fourth Amendment,
They weren't denied entry. They were detained until the search was completed.
I don't know the full extent of their authority, but anyone can be detained entering Canada from the U.S. and be questioned and have their car searched.
My understanding is that you can refuse and still enter, but you can be subject to prolonged detention, additional questioning, and possible seizure of your device which they are not obligated to return in short order.
Sad part is he was probably still in support of everything trump was doing up to and until the moment he was detained, cuffed, and treated like a “criminal.” #FAFO
Repercussions from trump's unreasonable tariffs and his bullshit about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state. What happens when you have a mental defective running the country..
So he voted for Trump and this was his first clue about our criminal president? He doesn't sound like he's the sharp legal counsel I would like to hire if needed. It also sounds like he's backing felons and rapists running for office. FAFO.
I myself ,a middle age ,middle class white woman told people of color, Cubans, Mexican, other nationalities & women who are American citizens in yahoo replies, do not vote for Trump! He will do nothing to help and protect you. You chose authoritarianism ( not conservative) over a democratic republic
“ "I really thought things would change after this administration, when we have Mr. Trump in office, things would change to the better," Atallah said. "Things actually changed to the worse." “. WTF.
Why would you think things would change for the 'BETTER' after Trump gained power?
President Biden's Administration improved employment, education, health care, plus many other programs for Americans .
You sound like you voted for him.
If so, your not welcome here 🇨🇦
What exactly did he expect to “change for the better”? Did he not witness his disastrous first term, get tf real sir. While I disagree with him being detained,
I simultaneously dgaf. He thought the cruelty for others would be perfectly fine cept when it’s him we should gaf? Fck that and fck him!
i was born and raised here....i just cancelled my vacation to France...do NOT wanna be detained because the government is doing whatever the hell it is doing. does anyone even know?
He said, "I thought things would change" after this administration when "Mr. Trump" was in office?! I'm wondering what he meant what he meant "for the better"?
Sorry! You thought things would change for the better with fascist trump in office? Are out of your mind? I guess you voted for him too! Hmmm! MAGA? If you are, perhaps you deserve this very mild lesson! At least you & your wife didn’t get shipped to El Salvadore! Cattle class! Think & vote!
Man I would’ve stayed in Canada I want asylum so bad. I’m stuck because I am a stay at home mom they only want people who would benefit their society which I understand. And before people freak out I did my research on asylum and immigration requirements to Canada. I wouldn’t qualify even if I tried
You would have to declare refugee status in Canada .I don't know how that's done. The Canadians have already prepared for an influx of refugees. I have a feeling they could also be closing the borders.
That final statement sounds like he voted for December Jack-o-lantern Don. Whaaat?? Attorneys and businessmen are SMART, right?? I think a lot of people did NOT pay attention to what Dollar Store Hitler actually SAID. I'm working on empathy...errrrrgh.
Oh they listened they just bought into the divide bias the Trumpets sold, the sister summed it up "it started with the immigrants, it's coming to us Americans" they didn't get that the Administration doesn't see them as Americans. They were ok with ethnic cleansing as it was "them" not "us" thing.
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After all, it was never going to apply to them, right?
That shuts most of them up for the night.
Another 10,000 Tourists just tore up their American Visa Applications ...
Now, add tariffs.
Voila! The next Great Recession—artisanally crafted, recession-core aesthetic, coming Spring/Summer 2025. 🍂📉
He thought things would change for the better with tRump?!
He got exactly what he voted for 🤷♀️
Voted for this.
Enjoy
And people still voted for him 🤮
Sounds like he voted for this.
Or am I unable to comprehend visuals
Weren't all of you expecting the USA would change for the better after Trump?
So, don't you whine now, sissies.
Were they not paying attention to all the positive things Biden was doing for average citizens?
Then you project your own issue on everyone you hate. It’s so tiring.
Until we stop him, this is what we have to look forward to.
You bought that cake. You eat it.
#BlackSky
"BUT WAIT !!! I'M ON YOUR SIDE !!!"
Here's your sign...
Those poor, poor leopards. There's only so many faces that one can eat before it's time for some antacids.
He and many like him not listening to trump really. It’s difficult to fathom the reasoning behind educated ppl and their votes for Trump but I run into many immigrants turned citizen who thot in similar manner. 🤷♂️
congress is letting his questionable power ruin America and Americans are watching the America they knew, be trampled on. Mid terms should be an annual event. Many elected officials need to ousted. Even the presidency term limit should shorten.
And why did he see the truth only after something happened to him?
It’s a shame Mr. Atallah only understood the truth about the Trump regime after something happened to him.
Japan could end this all tomorrow if it wanted to - it holds $1.07 T in US debt, far more than China does. If it sold even 1/4 of that it could tank the US economy. I guess leadership here still thinks there is some kind of ‘normal’ to return to.
How could anyone think things would be for the better- Better for who!?
🤭🤣
I’m gonna posit that all the data that doge bros have hacked are being used in machine learning models to identify “threats”, “illegals”, or “enemies”.
I’d guess that’s how so many people are “accidentally” being detained. ML classifiers can’t be perfect.
It’s like the idiots who have the nerve to cry over being deformed after getting caulk injected into their rears at a strip mall
And he’s a Trump voter. Oh. How fucking easy is the bar exam in Jersey?
https://businesstravelerusa.com/news/cbp-inspects-devices-airport/
I don't know the full extent of their authority, but anyone can be detained entering Canada from the U.S. and be questioned and have their car searched.
Well. I know not to hire this attorney. What a fucking idiot.
First mistake
President Biden's Administration improved employment, education, health care, plus many other programs for Americans .
You sound like you voted for him.
If so, your not welcome here 🇨🇦
I simultaneously dgaf. He thought the cruelty for others would be perfectly fine cept when it’s him we should gaf? Fck that and fck him!
I’m all out of fecks. I have no fecks to give.
He voted for this activity for other people, but not for himself.
#FAFO
US tourism will pay the price
Just because its getting worse and more visible does not mean it wasn't before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#:~:text=Fascism%20(/%CB%88f%C3%A6%CA%83,individual%20interests%20for%20the%20perceived
Hang tight, and practice singing the 'Flower of Scotland' :-)
haha, i'm a verbal processor...