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[–] 109 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Vaguely gestures at everything.

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  • You could get put in jail for no reason and risk being sent to a concentration camp.

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago

    Being detained upon arrival and immediately being sent back (if you're lucky) is just the start.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago* (1 child)
    1. Gun violence
    2. Border control and immigration
    3. Unaffordable healthcare
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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago

    To not support USA financially

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (8 children)
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    [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    It's risky if you're any of the following:

    • Black/brown, or from a non-white country
    • Queer (ESPECIALLY if you're trans/NB, I left because it got that bad)
    • A woman
    • Disabled
    • Have made left-leaning posts on social media

    Even if you're none of those, there's always the chance that your next trip to the mall or store will become the next major event in your life. There's also the slim chance that you might get an all-expenses paid trip to El Salvador. Don't do it, it's not worth it.

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    And CBP. If you're anything but a white male, they don't like you.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's not /just/ about colour. Plenty of white people are being detained illegally. The only way to be certain not to be illegally detained in the US is not to visit the US. Sadly, not an option for many people who are already there.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Bit of a shithole innit

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    *Gestures broadly*

    Everything happening right now.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Trump

    Guns

    Trump supporters with guns

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
    1. Spending your vacation money in the US is sending some of that money to Donald Dump and friends.

    2. Seeing how tourists have actually been detained by ICE, it's not even a hypothetical, I'd say the chances of it happening to you are at the very least nontrivial. Given the choice of countries for my vacation, I choose the one where the chances of that are, in fact, trivial.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Having insufficiently pale skin.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hmmmmmm

    • Well, if your not Hitler yourself, you will be put in a KZ.
    • if youre a Woman. KZ.
    • You have a Gun? KZ.
    • You dont have a gun? KZ.
    • Youre black? KZ.
    • You have porn on your Phone? KZ.
    • They suspect youre a terrorist bc you dont have porn? KZ.
    • You have Money? KZ so they can cease it.
    • You dont have Money? KZ bc poor.
    • You have long hair? Youre trans, KZ.
    • You have short hair? Trans man, KZ.
    • You go to a mens Toilet? KZ.
    • You go to a womens Toilet? KZ.
    • You go to a Toilet with no Indication if its Mens or Womens? Non binary, KZ.

    Want more?

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'd recommend wiping your phone before going. And some of our busiest airports have gotten more dangerous lately.

    Other than that, you'll be fine.

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The current policies in place by the trump administration make it a little more difficult to visit. Generally it is fine to visit. I have visited int he last and enjoyed the experience.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Dude just open a newspaper it's plainly obvious why not.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I guess if you look brownish, it can be a risky endeavour, depending on where you want to visit exactly. But what do I know, I've never been there

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Having to explain how you ended up in a death camp in El Salvador when you came to visit legally as a tourist.

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  • gestures around broadly wellll

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  • Are you fucking kidding me? JUST FUCKING LOOK AT IT.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you're white or have a posh Northern European accent, then you'll probably be ok.

    If you're brown and have a Southern or Eastern European accent, then you'll be considered "Mexican". And possibly mistreated as the hired help or favored slave.

    If you're black, you may get shot by police or persecuted by ICE.

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Trying to create an answer that is more universal than our current political situation.

    It's too damn big. There isn't any such thing as visiting the USA. You can see a little tiny bit, and what you choose will color your viewpoint.

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  • It's 50+ countries in a trenchcoat. Pan-Americanism, in the US context, is laughable at best and absolutely a shambling nightmare at worst. There's several reasons why our government sucks. But the sheer size of this fucking empire is the top of the list.

    Before the end of the century, it's going to Balkanize hard.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Disclaimer: this depends a lot on where you are travelling from, I'm just relaying things I've heard from friends

    If you are travelling with women, they (and you) are likely to be questioned to check for "sex trafficking" reasons. You are likely to have to strip for no other reason than the officer wanting to (regradless of the previous point) If you don't pass as white, or dare speak a latin language, you are likely to face hostility. The food is bad

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    Let’s put it this way, I’m a mid 50s Cis white dude … so about as safe as one could get. And I would feel weird about leaving the country if I had to get back in. At the very least I would not have my own phone on me if I travelled.

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