LowExperience2368@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 days agoAustralian denied entry to US after being grilled about Israel-Gaza viewswww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10cross-posted to: australia@aussie.zone
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkAustralian denied entry to US after being grilled about Israel-Gaza viewswww.abc.net.auLowExperience2368@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: australia@aussie.zone
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoWhy is someone’s views on Israel at all relevant to visiting the USA?
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoBecause us has laws that specifically target people with anti Israeli sentiment
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThanks, I had forgotten those existed.
minus-squareLowExperience2368@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoAsk the border force people who asked him
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoI thought he was actually denied entry becase he was found to be lying on his visa over past drug use, where he had, but said he hadn’t ?
minus-squareLowExperience2368@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoThey said that’s why he was denied, but he smoked weed in NY where it is perfectly legal to do so.
Why is someone’s views on Israel at all relevant to visiting the USA?
Because us has laws that specifically target people with anti Israeli sentiment
They do?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
Thanks, I had forgotten those existed.
Ask the border force people who asked him
I thought he was actually denied entry becase he was found to be lying on his visa over past drug use, where he had, but said he hadn’t ?
They said that’s why he was denied, but he smoked weed in NY where it is perfectly legal to do so.