Reminder that border patrol and ice have shot 3 people in the last 48 hours, one of them resulting in a death while they refused to allow medical treatment. Then multiple government agencies lied about the evidence, got caught, and lied again. We're not talking disputing facts, the FBI and ICE and the president blatantly lied while there is video evidence showing what happened.
Furthermore, a lot of politicians not only agree with this extrajudicial justice, they applauded the lies and the shootings.
Even US citizens are being detained. I think most tourists and immigrants should be very, very apprehensive about coming to this country.
I live in Oregon where this stuff is happening on the daily. Citizens are being plucked out of high school parking lots with no verification.
I think saying "it's fine" is pretty out of touch with reality. If you are non-white I would absolutely not travel to the United States right now. I say this as a white guy on the west coast of the US. Basically all my non-white foreign friends, mostly in academia, refuse to travel to the US right now and have no plans of doing so while Trump is in office. Their organizations and universities also aren't recommending US travel at this time.
A social media post from a decade ago could land you in custody. Think about that before traveling to the US. Is it likely? No, but it's very possible with Trump's proud boys doing immigration enforcement. Remember, they(federal agents) have absolute immunity.
You're right. But I say "it's fine" when I take into account the odds of this happening to anyone at random.
I mean even before this administration, there were serial killers (well, probably still are) but I wouldn't tell someone to stay away from the US because there are serial killers. That was my point.
The country is indeed very fucked up though in general. But if you want to see the National Parks or museums, please enjoy (especially because it might get worse here down the road).
> Reminder that border patrol and ice have shot 3 people in the last 48 hours, one of them resulting in a death while they refused to allow medical treatment.
Not trying to downplay that, but I think that's also on people's minds because of the new cycle. There are regularly "questionable" police shootings, causing deaths and have been going back as far as... well, ever. So in an unfortunately way, this isn't really "new".
(Not discounting the possibility that perhaps at some point it won't be though. And I am a white male if that makes a difference.)