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Dear European friends,
Important advice from an American citizen.
@avuko @AliceStollmeyer it's the end of capitalism, in fact.
@AliceStollmeyer The best advice is to not visit the USA. There are better & much friendlier countries to visit.
Si que los hay!
@CodieneC @AliceStollmeyer Speaking as a recovering American, I'll second that. It's not safe for y'all right now. (If I *did* have to go, I wouldn't not take a device, but I *would* keep the VPN on at all times and make sure my access to it was NOT biometric.. no finger-swipe or face-unlock... and get in, do your thing, and GET OUT.)
@AliceStollmeyer i wouldn't go for a walk in the US, not even before Trump.
It never was safe. Even exchange students were shot (legally) just for entering the wrong driveway by mistake
@greensofshade @AliceStollmeyer yep. it’s always been a landfill
Which border crossing would you recommend for entry into the US?
a) Land
b) Air (stateside)
c) Air preclearance in Ireland
I think preclearance in Ireland could currently be the least dangerous point of entry. What do you think?
For exit, I would probably try to use a land border, if I can.
But all of that is just hypothetical as I have no plans to travel to US.
Oh and, actually, unfriendliness of CBP, ICE and TSA has been a long-standing issue even before Trump.
@hallunke23 @AliceStollmeyer tangent but why is preclearance in ireland a thing, in general? specifically ireland? is there some weird unique quirk there?
I think it exists because many US soldiers posted abroad fly via Ireland. TIL that US CBP in Ireland isn't allowed to carry guns.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/us-cbp-preclearance-ireland-explained/index.html
@hallunke23 @AliceStollmeyer very interesting! thanks
@AliceStollmeyer I was never going to set foot in the US again after my experience in 2005. Waiting for my flight home I got pulled aside and stripped to my boxers by a guy who threatened to keep the jewellery (irreplaceable; the maker died) that I'd arrived in the country in seven weeks before. That was BEFORE the TSA.
So basically, fuck the US as a place to ever set foot, as far as I'm concerned.
I was only there to help someone else manage their wedding...