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It needs to be said again: if you don't live in the US, don't visit the US

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We are quickly becoming a country that wants to isolate itself and hostile towards people from other countries. I would never travel to many countries (Russia, NK, Iran. etc.) for fear of becoming a prisoner, and I never dreamed the US would become one of those places, but I fear we're getting very close.


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Her husband is a Lieutenant in the US military stationed in HI. She had come to visit him and spend time in Hawaii with her mom. She spent the night in what she says was a federal prison.

Her husband is now trying to leave the military over the treatment of his wife.



It's amazing how quickly we've turned into such an unwelcome place for the rest of the world.
 
It seems hard to believe. But it appears as though we are using the idiocy from Team America as the foundation of our future.

Dear God, where is that massive Asteroid to wipe us all out?
 
Well, she has tattoos. Also, she looks kinda of brown in the pics so it was an honest mistake. 🙄

Are we experiencing a flood of young Australian women sneaking across borders?
 
Approximately 60,000 people visit the USA every single day and don't have any problems.

You lefties get ahold of a couple juicy outliers and flood social media.

She is a military dependent. Did her husband ever bother to get her a Dependents ID card through DEERS? Her Military Dependent ID card would tell the TSA agent everything about her right there on the spot.......... right down to her barcoded eligible benefits. The TSA is trained to have a full understanding of military ID cards, and as of May 2025, a valid Military Dependent ID is still recognized by the TSA at our domestic airports for inbound dependents.


This lady either ran into a incompetent TSA group at the airport............. or there is something missing to this story.
 
Did her husband ever bother to get her a Dependents ID card through DEERS?

A Dependent ID is voluntary, not required. Now it's a good idea, not doubt, but as he legal spouse she qualifies for any death benefits (final pay, etc.) which may be do as long as she has a valid marriage certificate.

The Dependent ID and enrollment in DEERS can streamline death benefits, and is useful for such things as military base access for shopping at the Exchange/Commissary, utilizing onbase recreational facilities, etc.

But she lives in Austrailia, was employed full-time as a police officer and may be employed now in a different capacity and so has such things as heath insurance through her job (I assume) and may not need or have access to a US military base for Exchange/Commissary privileges.

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Approximately 60,000 people visit the USA every single day and don't have any problems.

You lefties get ahold of a couple juicy outliers and flood social media.

She is a military dependent. Did her husband ever bother to get her a Dependents ID card through DEERS? Her Military Dependent ID card would tell the TSA agent everything about her right there on the spot.......... right down to her barcoded eligible benefits. The TSA is trained to have a full understanding of military ID cards, and as of May 2025, a valid Military Dependent ID is still recognized by the TSA at our domestic airports for inbound dependents.


This lady either ran into a incompetent TSA group at the airport............. or there is something missing to this story.
Why detain them? Why not refuse entry?
 
Approximately 60,000 people visit the USA every single day and don't have any problems.

You lefties get ahold of a couple juicy outliers and flood social media.

She is a military dependent. Did her husband ever bother to get her a Dependents ID card through DEERS? Her Military Dependent ID card would tell the TSA agent everything about her right there on the spot.......... right down to her barcoded eligible benefits. The TSA is trained to have a full understanding of military ID cards, and as of May 2025, a valid Military Dependent ID is still recognized by the TSA at our domestic airports for inbound dependents.


This lady either ran into an incompetent TSA group at the airport............. or there is something missing to this story.
That 60000 continues to drop as people from other countries are seeing this administration continue to make it difficult if one isn’t a white person.
 
You lefties
Awwwwwwwwww, did some lefties hurt your feelings? It's a story that highlights in the inanity of a system set up by................................... you got it......................... Trump. Don't like stories like this one? Boo hoo.
 
That 60000 continues to drop as people from other countries are seeing this administration continue to make it difficult if one isn’t a white person.
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Just think of all the Americans that work in the tourism industry (which is gigantic).

Tons of them are screwed. As are their kids.
 
Approximately 60,000 people visit the USA every single day and don't have any problems.
Around the world there are about 40,000 Boeing flights every single day...

If someone had to fly Boeing or visit the USA, letting a statistically small number of incidents get in the way might not be very rational. But the simple fact is that the USA isn't all that great to begin with and folk just looking for a holiday have plenty of other attractive, safer and often cheaper options available. Trump's America has said a big "**** you" to the rest of the world in so many different ways already... obviously a lot of people will be and should be saying it right back.
 
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We are quickly becoming a country that wants to isolate itself and hostile towards people from other countries. I would never travel to many countries (Russia, NK, Iran. etc.) for fear of becoming a prisoner, and I never dreamed the US would become one of those places, but I fear we're getting very close.


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Her husband is a Lieutenant in the US military stationed in HI. She had come to visit him and spend time in Hawaii with her mom. She spent the night in what she says was a federal prison.

Her husband is now trying to leave the military over the treatment of his wife.



It's amazing how quickly we've turned into such an unwelcome place for the rest of the world.

That’s their problem.

Not ours.

Trump is ‘fundamentally transforming America’. 😄
 
There was an article in the CBC news this AM about this very thing, people being worried about entering the States. People are canceling business travel plans out of concern for hassels at the border.

My hairdressers husband is a Canadian citizen born in Iran but in Canada since age 3. He is an expert in robotics and travels regularly to Detroit for work with the auto companies. He has been going back and forth for years but last month he was detained at the border for 12 hours. He has suspended his contracts with the big three.

 
Approximately 60,000 people visit the USA every single day and don't have any problems.

You lefties get ahold of a couple juicy outliers and flood social media.

She is a military dependent. Did her husband ever bother to get her a Dependents ID card through DEERS? Her Military Dependent ID card would tell the TSA agent everything about her right there on the spot.......... right down to her barcoded eligible benefits. The TSA is trained to have a full understanding of military ID cards, and as of May 2025, a valid Military Dependent ID is still recognized by the TSA at our domestic airports for inbound dependents.


This lady either ran into a incompetent TSA group at the airport............. or there is something missing to this story.

All that aside, I've traveled extensively and my TSA and CBP experience has varied widely over the years. I've had some who were very courteous and professional, and I've encountered others who were dumber than a rock and bullies with badges.
 
We're probably going to see less tourism due to the current regime. That sucks.
 
The only upside to this is that it's an improvement over what the dictatorial, wanna-be Pol Pot Democrats did to tourists. But we need to do better.

Who else remembers how Biden treated Australians?
Why did you pluralize "Australian"?
It was only one person.
 
Not surprised, at this point the Trump administration is advocating for more isolationism than the most hardcore Libertarian would.
 
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