Would you visit USA in the current climate?

Again this isn't about refused entry.

It's about weeks or more of detention without legal representation.

I wouldn't go to New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles as they have been kipified over the last few years, it will take 2 or 3 years for them to be cleaned up and tens of thousands of criminals/unwell locked up. The rest of the country I'd be grand visiting.

Not a chance.

Spent a lot of time on and off throughout the early 2000s (Probably about a month each year for over 10 years and about 5 months initially in 1998-1999). And was there on holidays with some friends in mid 2000s.

My family and I planned to go in 2019 to Washington (Big West Wing fans). I'd been before and liked it. Wanted, amongst other things, to to to the Smithsonian on 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

But trump got in. Didn't want to walk into a building with his picture on the wall. Their descent into hate, fear, ignorance and isolation only continued under biden and now trump is in again and his entire organisation is spouting nothing but lies and hate.

I can't see myself ever visiting there out of choice. May have to with work but even then, I would attempt to limit as much as possible.

I would consider myself liberal. Others would consider me "woke" because they can't define it. That's OK. I would not want to enter a country that does not respect my own personal opinions or even want me there. They won't miss me and I won't miss visiting the US.

Which people, those who are refused entry, or the illegal immigrants?

First time I ever heard about someone actually going out of their way to visit Kingman! ☠ 😀

Isnt Cuba a dictatorship?

I'm sorry, but we only read headlines 'round here

Believe it all you want.

The stories are out there. Some are linked on this thread.

The Canadian woman was stopped at the border. She offered to pay her own way home immediately. She had a valid visa.

Never been to new york and was planning to go but wouldn't be arsed now for the time being.

She didn't have a valid visa per the article

"He claimed I also couldn’t work for a company in the US that made use of hemp – one of the beverage ingredients. He revoked my visa, and told me I could still work for the company from Canada, but if I wanted to return to the US, I would need to reapply.

I was devastated; I had just started building a life in California. I stayed in Canada for the next few months, and was eventually offered a similar position with a different health and wellness brand.

I restarted the visa process and returned to the same immigration office at the San Diego border, since they had processed my visa before and I was familiar with it. Hours passed, with many confused opinions about my case. The officer I spoke to was kind but told me that, due to my previous issues, I needed to apply for my visa through the consulate. I told her I hadn’t been aware I needed to apply that way, but had no problem doing it."

He visa was revoked, she returned to Canada for months and then attempted to travel again, hoping she'd get her Visa approved in San Diego where it had been approved in the past.

She shouldn't have spent weeks locked up, she should have been allowed to return, but she did travel without a valid visa, and she knew she didn't have one, and she would have known there was at least a good chance she wouldn't get one.

The United states of Little Israel, no thanks!

USA has enough incels without me landing on their shores.

In the spirit of renaming things, I propose we now call it Western Russia.

If boards are paying for it , it would be negligent to send you on your own . 😄

That's not how I read it?

"One minute, I was in an immigration office talking to an officer about my work visa, which had been approved months before and allowed me, a Canadian, to work in the US."

"I was granted my trade Nafta work visa, which allows Canadian and Mexican citizens to work in the US in specific professional occupations, on my second attempt."

The issue seems to be that a particular ICE officer took issue with the granted visa, and when she went back to the immigration office at the San Diego office where it was approved, she was detained there.

Edit: On a re-read I see she had returned to Canada in the meantime. Still, it seems absolutely bonkers to me that a random border agent can unilaterally revoke a properly-obtained work visa on the basis of not liking what the company you're working for does.