Yeah it sucks over here. Give somebody else your tourist dollars, spare yourself the trauma.
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
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Maybe it's the right thread to ask:
We will be flying from Europe to Central America in a few months.
On the flight there, we have s stop in Houston Texas.
Do I need to worry just about the transit?
If I would actually need to go the USA at the moment, I would have a completely empty smartphone and laptop.
But do I need to worry about the transit?
Edit: obviously I don't plan to do anything illegal, I'm just a tourist. But after all the stories, I'm getting a bit worried
On the flight there, we have s stop in Houston Texas. Do I need to worry just about the transit?
I did that a couple of years before the US went into full crazy mode and it was already then not a pleasant experience, it has probably not become nicer since then and I don't recommend it.
Thanks for your input
Will check my options and talk with the US ambessy today, to see what I'd need to prepare
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Most Americans have no idea cause most Americans are dumb as fucking rocks
Am American, can confirm. Trying to talk to my family about this results in arguments and then calling me "a sheeple" and blind, and/or blaming it on the "democrats fake news."
Comparing them to rocks, is an insult to rocks.
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Half of us literally voted for it specifically and will defend it, the other half feel powerless. Most of us abso-fucking-lutely know it's happening. I've seen it in my daily life, people I interacted with just gone after years of being here, no recourse.
Then there are those that know and downplay it. "Well they were immigrants, they were stupid if they lost their greencard". When I reply with "uh, it's us citizens next" they are too afraid and hopeless to accept it.
I wish people like you would stop saying half voted for it and half didn't. In reality, ⅕ voted for it, ⅕ against it, and ⅗ don't have any accurate representation in this phony system of choice so they didn't vote at all.
It's the system you have. It doesn't matter if you have accurate representation. If you don't hold your nose and make a decision, it will be made for you.
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To be fair, before that I was already afraid to go there too. There are so many people with guns and so many mass shootings, my chances of getting shot would skyrocket.
Just stay out of the public schools and you’ll be fine.
What is the point of detaining tourists who are about to spend all the money in your country? I don't get it. (Not American)
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No it gets reported and we think it sucks.
I voted against all this bullshit. It didn’t help.
Of course millions of Americans know. It's in the news, a little. It's on social media.
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Literally just had to explain to my wife that her friends may be OK visiting as they are white but that it's not a great idea to be travelling to the US.
Regrettably I feel it's the minority in alot of countries that have these moral sensibilities
AFAIK it's not a skin color thing. Everyone may get asked to unlock their phones and provide access to their social media. If they don't like what they see, you get seperated from your children, have to go back or are deported to El Salvador.
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as an American, I know what's going on but I don't consume mainstream media.
I wish I could do something right now to resolve this, but I myself (who has lived here my entire life over 50 years) could risk deportation to an El Salvadorian prison.
I am the primary breadwinner for my family, who has already been targeted due to autism and ADHD.
I am afraid to do anything that could jeopardize them and their safety.
I know I am not alone, and that we are being cornered, but what else are we supposed to do?
Hm. It's almost like we have some kind of secret police that is unaccountable and anonymous.