Becky Burke (British): 20 days in detention Jasmine Mooney (Canadian): 12 days in detention Jessica Brösche (German): 8 days in solitary and multiple weeks in detention The US is not safe. Not for tourism. Not for work. Not for a “quick visit”. Vote with your dollar. Stop going to America. - ThreadSky

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Becky Burke (British): 20 days in detention

Jasmine Mooney (Canadian): 12 days in detention

Jessica Brösche (German): 8 days in solitary and multiple weeks in detention

The US is not safe. Not for tourism. Not for work. Not for a “quick visit”.

Vote with your dollar. Stop going to America.

Reposted from Mark Chadbourn

British cartoonist Becky Burke who spent 20 days in harsh conditions in a Tacoma detention centre for a trivial visa issue while crossing into America from Canada is finally on her way home.

The US needs travel warnings now.

Comments

peterdavieson.bsky.social•1 day ago

People need to understand it doesn't matter who you are, or why you are visiting the US .. the US is now harassing and detaining 'outsiders' at random to create fear.

It's what dictatorships like Iran, Russia and N Korea do .. it's just what all 'evil dictatorships' do.

ppresti.bsky.social•2 days ago

Waiting to see how Fabian Schmidt is. Poor guy. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/german-national-green-card-holder-immigration-detention-fabian-schmidt-rcna196714

ladylettera32.bsky.social•2 days ago

About that, it looks like Canadians are already curtailing visits:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cross-border-trips-decline-235k-february-1.7485695

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, and I suspect more will follow suit now that the US wants us to provide fingerprints for stays longer than 30 days. I can't even fathom that.

ladylettera32.bsky.social•2 days ago

It sounds like they walked back the fingerprint thing (for now) but considering we would still need to register and also *waves hands vaguely* I seriously doubt I’ll ever visit the states again

rocbrady.bsky.social•1 day ago

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erwat102.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes. The US is now a fascist country. Other countries need to treat the United States like they do Russia. It's no longer safe to travel here.

s-ort.bsky.social•1 day ago

So glad that she is out of this nightmare mess of a country and is going home. How much is the US paying the private maga jails to incarcerate innocent people without cause? I smell a kickback scheme involving DeVos and her brother Prince

enmodo.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm going to be watching the US overseas and Canada/Mexico visitor numbers closely. They are published monthly but so far we're only one full month into the Dark Ages so full realization and effect have not yet kicked in with maybe a 10% drop year over year.

circe2782.bsky.social•2 days ago

I would strongly advise anyone I know considering a visit to not come if at all avoidable.

kegel7.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's disgusting. They are not getting called out by leaders though, it's all a game with other people's lives. The UK foreign Office should have been widely condemning this, by not doing that we've allowed them to keep pushing the boundaries of decency. The USA is a rogue state!

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social•2 days ago

I agree! It's shocking to me that we aren't issuing stark travel warnings about the US. Canadians seem to be voluntarily curtailing their visits, but obviously many are still going (and some unaware of how bad the risk is)