The forum discussion highlights alarming incidents regarding the treatment of foreign nationals and academics in the United States, particularly under the Trump administration. A French scientist was denied entry due to his critical views on Trump policies, while an Irish charity criticized Conor McGregor's visit to the White House, linking it to the normalization of sexual violence. Additionally, a Venezuelan soccer player was deported under the Alien Enemies Act due to a tattoo, raising concerns about the implications of such actions on freedom of expression and human rights. These incidents collectively illustrate a troubling trend in U.S. immigration and civil liberties.
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The campaign to murder the idea of DEI is repugnant, but if I turn it around and pretend we have an administration that is supporting DEI, and a lawfirm with racist hiring practices that has promised to reform itself, and then we get this outcome (we promise to do better and we will donate legal services to support your DEI initiatives this term), it starts to feel more intuitively "probably legal", if you see what I mean.
Describe this activity in New York City street terminology as the shakedown, one facet or stage of a protection racket. This form of extortion, common in the milieu that spawned Roy Cohn and his pupil Donald Trump, goes far beyond simple theft to encompass a form of social control.
But the firm was originally targeted for other reasons, apparently relating to taking the "wrong side" over the Jan 6 riots, so the DEI stuff appears to be merely an excuse.
Good point, and if not illegal, its the kind of thing where pre-2016 there would absolutely have been political consequences, possibly including impeachment. Maybe it is illegal for the Federal government to intimidate lawfirms that take cases against the Federal government, and if it isn't, I agree it should be.
Try it yourself sometime to find out.
I'm going a bit OT here, but you made me curious. Would you really try that in Canada?
No. Do not try that in Canada. Nor in the USA.
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It is a shame.And to be cautious going the other direction as well, if re-entry is an important factor.
Green card holders warned against leaving the United States
"The revocation of green cards without giving an opportunity to prove lawful status...is a violation of due process," an immigration attorney told Newsweek.
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This kind of stuff should get a lot of international meetings out of the US.U.S. Turned Away French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says
The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.
A French scientist was prevented from entering the United States this month because of an opinion he expressed about the Trump administration’s policies on academic research, according to the French government.
Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister for higher education and research, described the move as worrying.
“Freedom of opinion, free research and academic freedom are values we will continue to proudly uphold,” Mr. Baptiste said in a statement. “I will defend the possibility for all French researchers to be faithful to them, in compliance with the law, wherever they may be in the world.”
Mr. Baptiste did not identify the scientist who was turned away but said that the academic was working for France’s publicly funded National Center for Scientific Research and had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials stopped him.
U.S. Turned Away French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says (Published 2025)
The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.www.nytimes.com
Comment: His mistake: He criticized Trump. Now tell me again it is not about fascism!
Anyone who travels to the USA now has only themselves to blame. Why play lottery when there is little to gain but indefinite detainment under inhumane conditions violating human rights without the possibility of a legal consultancy or appealing a court is at risk?
What do you expect with amateurs running the country?
