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riversedge

(79,492 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 03:48 PM Jun 2025

ICE Agents Bar Norwegian From Entering U.S. After JD Vance Meme Found

Source: crooksandliars.com




The guards reportedly found a meme on the man's phone showing US Vice President JD Vance with a bald, egg-shaped head.
ICE Agents Bar Norwegian From Entering U.S. After JD Vance Meme Found Credit: Facebook/Nordlys

By Ed Scarce — June 24, 2025

This is so stupid, it must be true. "Mr Mikkelsen claimed the officers then threatened him with a $5,000 fine or five years in prison if he refused to give the password to his mobile phone." Face palm.


.................The tourist was then subjected to what he described to Norwegian outlet Nordlys as an 'abuse, of power and harassment'.

'They asked questions about drug trafficking, terrorist plots and right-wing extremism totally without reason,' he told the outlet.

......................

The guards reportedly found a meme on the device's camera roll showing US vice president JD Vance with a bald, egg-shaped head.

Mikkelsen said after discovering the image the authorities sent him home to Norway the same day.

Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/norwegian-tourist-barred-entering-us-after



Just when I think I have seen-heard it all --then I find this OP.













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Karasu

(2,003 posts)
2. This is ridiculous. No one should be rejected from entering the country based on fucking
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 03:54 PM
Jun 2025

memes and social media posts (and it damn well wouldn't be happening under an actual administration, unlike this fascist regime). It's absurd that we're even wasting our time and resources doing this all of a sudden.

Republicans normalize the most unthinkable, unprecedented shit just for the fucking hell of it.

Timeflyer

(3,688 posts)
4. A flight attendant at an April Tesla protest warned me about this, saying anyone entering or returning to US
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 04:14 PM
Jun 2025

should wipe their mobile phone history.

groundloop

(13,570 posts)
7. ICE or Customs & Border Protection?
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 05:41 PM
Jun 2025

It's Customs that deals with incoming passengers, not ICE.

This story sounds a bit off.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,140 posts)
10. OMG! How is it that man wasn't immediately
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 07:22 PM
Jun 2025

taken into custody and sent to a blacksite for further interrogation?

Picaro

(2,335 posts)
14. As much as I'd like to believe it...
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 10:22 PM
Jun 2025

There’s something off about this story.

ICE at a port of entry? The story refers to them as “guards”?

Doesn’t pass the sniff test.

atreides1

(16,799 posts)
17. Okay...
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 06:49 AM
Jun 2025

Airports are unique entry and exit points for the US, so your rights vary based on your immigration or citizenship status. You're more likely to encounter CBP (Customs and Border Patrol), though ICE can also be present and often works alongside CBP, as both agencies are part of the Department of Homeland Security.


https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-airports-and-other-ports-entry-us

Mz Pip

(28,355 posts)
15. Over reach, bigtime
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 11:15 PM
Jun 2025

And now the entire planet has seen this silly meme, once again making the US the laughing stock of the world.

ShazzieB

(22,225 posts)
16. I hope hell this story isn't for real.
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 12:00 AM
Jun 2025

I could easily believe that it is true, but I agree that there's something off about it.

We are truly living in a crazy world, when it's this hard to tell what's true and what isn't.

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