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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

“When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. ‘I was aware,’ she nods. ‘But I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.’”

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Huge “I planned a holiday in Nazi Germany because they were only persecuting Jews and I’m not Jewish” vibes.

It’s amazing to see privileged white people learn the leopards eating people’s faces lesson over and over again.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

#USA #fascism #UK #privilege

the Guardian

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’
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Joachim Ziebs
Joachim Ziebs
@TexJoachim@blabber.rocks replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@aral And they don't ever learn anything from it.

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Sozan
Sozan
@GRA3432@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@aral recently I read a book about travelling in nazi Germany. You'd be amazed.

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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@GRA3432 Funny, I was just thinking that had likely been the case.

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