A Norwegian tourist has accused American authorities of denying him entry into the U.S. because he had a popular meme of JD Vance saved on his phone.
Mads Mikkelsen, 21, told his hometown newspaper Nordlys that he was subjected to “abuse of power and harassment” by officials at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Mikkelsen claims that immigration officials stopped him for questioning and quizzed him “about drug trafficking, terrorist plots, and right-wing extremism,” all of which he said was “totally without reason.” He says he was placed in a holding cell.
He also answered when asked about recreational drug use that he has tried weed a couple of times in places where it’s legal and had a picture of a homemade pipe on his phone. Which Also shouldn’t be a problem, but it wasn’t necessarily the Vance pic that got him turned away.