Trump and his allies have long said they were targeting immigrants in the country illegally. But in fact they are also targeting legal immigrants, tourists and academics on the basis of their speech and opinions. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u... - ThreadSky

peterbakernyt.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Trump and his allies have long said they were targeting immigrants in the country illegally. But in fact they are also targeting legal immigrants, tourists and academics on the basis of their speech and opinions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-immigration-visa-crackdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c&pvid=3978F88F-A235-42A5-B3AA-A7E7052CD488

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kirkmurphy.bsky.social•6 days ago

In the last few weeks *US citizens* w valid documents have reported here that upon arrival from overseas travel, US officials (Customs?) asked them about their non violent political views - 1A protected speech.
Wonder how long until ICE/Border Police/etc ask the same at “100 mi checkpoints” w/in US.

mermerlkwd.bsky.social•6 days ago

So now it's not even safe for US citizens to travel abroad and come back home?

rogue-raven.bsky.social•6 days ago

U.S. citizen abroad and a UK friend here said their recent experience required they give their social media account info so BP could thought police them essentially. My husband, son, and I were meant to visit our fam in Vegas for easter, not anymore! Airline losing $2200 min.

coffeequeen1.bsky.social•5 days ago

Peter, I understand you don't vote. I actually find that consistent with your generally passive reporting style. You're kind of like the Watcher, that character in the Marvel comics that simply observes, but never interacts or participates.

5thkid.bsky.social•6 days ago

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise, surprise, surprise! Millions of us said this would happen. If only the NYT had listened!

itismashagain.bsky.social•6 days ago

Of course they are.

tomlehr.bsky.social•6 days ago

Goodbye World Cup

hewhoisbraveisfree.bsky.social•6 days ago

Goodbye Olympics.

al-swearengen.bsky.social•6 days ago

We don't deserve either.

davidmatheny1.bsky.social•5 days ago

Donald Trump says he wants to deport criminals who have sneaked across our border. But when any actual plan takes effect, it will sweep up every immigrant possible, even those who have worked here for years. He and GOP propaganda minister Stephen Miller want ethnic cleansing.

tonydamon.bsky.social•6 days ago

Your constant both sides journalism helped get us here Peter…

handondiver1986.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes he did but one person he forgot his wife she falls under that category

damien1975.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yeah won’t be setting foot stateside for a long time

tcshappyplace.bsky.social•6 days ago

And this surprised you?

noneisthenumber.bsky.social•6 days ago

Isn't it great here in New Russia!

micah--42.bsky.social•6 days ago

Don’t forget yourself—he’s also targeting the media.

dtwyman.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trump's people recently arrested an 29 year old Welsh tourist, here legally, and held her in shackles & handcuffs for 19 days. No wonder everyone is cancelling their trips to the US.
FWIW Canadian tourism alone has dropped by 40%!

badgramar.bsky.social•6 days ago

Man, it's almost like they were always full of shit and the NYT credulously believed them.

llarrew.bsky.social•6 days ago

When is someone going to do something about returning the legal immigrants back to the USA that were deported to El Salvador?🤔 @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

2020denton.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's all about body counts for the ICE facilities, which are for profit business, in bed with the Convicted Rapist / Felon of course. ICE gets paid X dollars for every body they arrest, doesn't matter if they really illegal or legal, it's just the body count. Does that clarify it all for you now!!

jazminoideez.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yep $$

They don't arrest them! If arrested there would be some sort of legal structure for checking charges, making a phone call, legal representation, rights (however few)

They just seem to be detained "because".

If failing visas, they *should* be ejected. There's no process for these detainees

raflw.bsky.social•6 days ago

Remember when Trump was campaigning and you all soft-peddled most of his threats?
Brilliant.

jennifermc6.bsky.social•6 days ago

They literally said they would.
The NYTimes is so much worse than WaPost

tlivermore.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hey Peter, welcome to the party. Maybe if you and the New York Times had done your job leading up to the election we wouldn’t be in this mess. But thanks for playing.

philswallow.com•6 days ago

Tourism in the US is going to take a hit like never before, there are far better and safer countries to spend tourist cash at from now on.

ksunny.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s always projection with them. They do the illegal stuff while accusing their target. When is the NYT going to call on trump to resign or Congress to impeach him for breaking his oath, and treason?

anaakama.bsky.social•6 days ago

HE is suppose to be in jail!!!!!

grrydv807.bsky.social•6 days ago

Can’t wait to see what happens when we host the Olympics!

gweeds.bsky.social•6 days ago

You are hosting a Soccer World Cup next year, which is more popular worldwide than the Olympics. And what’s more you are co-hosting it with Canada and Mexico. It’s going to be …..interesting….

grrydv807.bsky.social•6 days ago

Omg! Can’t wait! FYI. We are so embarrassed. Sorry

roze72.bsky.social•6 days ago

Here is the link:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney

etherialspirit.bsky.social•6 days ago

Let's be clear. The despot is targeting anyone who isn't wealthy, sycophantic male WASP. All others are fair game. It's called "class cleansing."

chrisliotta.bsky.social•5 days ago

Don't immigrants have 1st amendment rights to free speech regardless of citizenship status? People shouldn't be targeted because they don't like Trump.

jas-gar.bsky.social•6 days ago

There is no telling how far back the nazistic cabal now running things in DC will go. There is already stated evidence that birthright citizenship is on their list of things to undo, striking down something that has been in place for about 150 years, even since the civil war.

woostergrand.bsky.social•6 days ago

Too bad you ever gave credence to anything he has said

halvc.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is a tragic reality for America. It is not America. We must push back on these changes which we know are unamerican. Every individual will be confronted with value decisions and moral dilemmas.

deebates.bsky.social•6 days ago

Of course he is. Was there ever any doubt it would turn out this way?

witoldhayes.bsky.social•6 days ago

jeez, all it took was the white house defiling the whca pool and peter seems to have really woken up to what’s going on around him

coffeequeen1.bsky.social•5 days ago

I worry Peter will go all woke on us now.

amirselmanovic.bsky.social•6 days ago

Not sure about that. If Trump calls him for an interview at the greasy golf club in Miami, Peter will be on the first flight to Florida. And let's not forget they still employ Maggie Haberman, who just wrote an article about Trump's "aptitude for music" as a child.

coffeequeen1.bsky.social•5 days ago

I understand Hitler painted some wonderful water colors.

witoldhayes.bsky.social•6 days ago

oh for sure. but hey, baby steps. i’m just clapping for baby

norkre.bsky.social•5 days ago

It is quite astonishing for us in Europe, that there are officials, police officers, immigration authorities, etc., who so quickly and without resistance implement all the orders of the Trump administration.

wherearethewise.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's very bad here. The USA is running under the Russian mafia's command and it looks like this is now permanent. We are bringing down the west with us. S.O.S.

billyofohio.bsky.social•5 days ago

When are going to deport the billionaires of this Country to see what taxes they will pay in other Countries

terrierista.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is fascism 101

nojustdan.bsky.social•6 days ago

If you’re brown Trump doesn’t want you around.

andrewjsa.bsky.social•6 days ago

I suspect they're going to find out pretty quickly that Trumps US is a place many people will be boycotting for the foreseeable future. Tourist expenditure is going to fall rapidly.

man-w-no-name.bsky.social•6 days ago

Do you think you and your paper did a good job during the election of previewing the likelihood that this would occur?

amirselmanovic.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes, we all knew this was going to happen. But you spent more time talking about Biden's wide sole sneakers and other nonsense.

ladydy29.bsky.social•5 days ago

When are the Republican going to stand up to this madness?

westcolorado.bsky.social•6 days ago

The indigenous Americans say they are being picked up or at mixed in with this. Some person that works for leading newspaper should follow up on that. Are Native Americans being picked up by ICE?

toofmullets.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hard to believe......

jarodkashkin.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s not that the immigrants and tourists are illegal. It’s that the government is doing something illegal with immigrants & tourists. It’s double-speak

skibee.bsky.social•4 days ago

If this surprises anyone, then they were being willfully ignorant.

irishtee.bsky.social•6 days ago

Illegal? He's getting rid of Democratic ideology

glen922.bsky.social•6 days ago

Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred Nazi scalps. And I want my scalps. And all y'all will git me one hundred Nazi scalps, taken from the heads of one hundred dead Nazis. Or you will die tryin'. - Aldo Raine, QT

al-swearengen.bsky.social•6 days ago

If only you weren't such a gullible hick during the campaign, we might still have a democracy.

joshdsw.bsky.social•6 days ago

Going through U.S. immigration as a U.S. citizen, it's populated by two basic types. Normal officers following rules in normal course and yahoos looking for an excuse to flex power. The yahoos are now charged with quotas for both deportation and incarceration in privately run ($) holding facilities.

runrunchase.bsky.social•6 days ago

Well good thing tourism does not bring one cent of economic benefit.

sweaters40.bsky.social•5 days ago

And what’s on their phone!

goherd1984.bsky.social•5 days ago

So...when do other countries reciprocate/retaliate with US citizens traveling abroad? It has to me a matter of time.

michaelborgas.bsky.social•6 days ago

Why don't they target zombies - it seems that would be popular?

andyodom7.bsky.social•6 days ago

Citizens are next.

drmke.bsky.social•6 days ago

No shit Sherlock. How did the presstitutes get this published?

ravenna321.bsky.social•6 days ago

I wouldn't come here, I don't even like being here myself!

tired-gramma.bsky.social•6 days ago

What a way to kill international tourism.

samoart.bsky.social•6 days ago

How much is Felon47
Getting paid per head?

justgimmesometruth.bsky.social•5 days ago

John Roberts the architect of a dictatorship ,from Citizens United to complete presidential immunity with the power to pardon the president’s henchmen. Putin’s Trojan horse thanking the author of his infant dictatorship.
Donald Trump and John Roberts: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump-john-roberts-two-sides-us-judiciary-under-pressure-2025-03-22/

lovejoy8.bsky.social•5 days ago

The Roberts Supreme Court has Enabled and Given Birth to AMERICA'S NEW HITLER..!
AND SIDEKICK HERMANN GORING..!

justgimmesometruth.bsky.social•5 days ago

Too many and especially those in leadership positions in our country are denying the fact that the US is now an infant dictatorship. You can’t make good decisions if you’re not seeing reality.
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival-guide/

justgimmesometruth.bsky.social•5 days ago

What’s amazing is American pundits and media being or pretending to be clueless. Why have the 1st amendment if you’re too gutless to exercise it? Europeans and Canadians are clearly stating that the US is a dictatorship under Dictator Trump, Putin’s Trojan horse.

halvc.bsky.social•5 days ago

It is interesting how some of those in leadership seem willing to bend and acquiesce. It’s only time when history exposes those who stood and those who were quiet and may have enabled by pure selfishness and mostly fear.

brianbo.bsky.social•6 days ago

Your companies helped GW with his illegal war. And you helped give Trump this power.

bradszoke.bsky.social•6 days ago

They where and did im sure the tesla shit was for insurance fraud cause its tanking or to try to get martial law coming from a vet who seen this shit in other countries

jazminoideez.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'll wear pearls and a twinset next time through US border control*.

*Having set up a financial
power of attorney before travelling, and carrying my recent criminal records (nil) statement and UK proof of home ownership documents. I'll take only my work phone that has nothing personal on it.

faizapatel.bsky.social•6 days ago

💯 same in first term

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