DHS does not deny strong-arming tourist into letting them into his phone, only that agents sent him home because of a meme
The story circulating online — first in Norwegian newspaper Nordlys and then picked up by British tabloids — claims that during Mikkelsen’s encounter with the Department of Homeland Security, agents took his phone and found a meme depicting Vance as a bloated, smooth, bald man staring off into the distance.
Mikkelsen claims that the officials threatened to fine him $5,000 or send him to prison for five years if he refused to provide them with his phone password. The tourist ultimately agreed to hand over his information, allowing agents to look through his phone.
The reports picked up enough steam in headlines and on social media to justify CBP putting out a statement denying parts of the story.
That’s why I pretend to be Canadian when I travel overseas. I put tiny Canadian flags on my luggage and phone. I tell people I am from Vancouver.
Lol. I promise you everyone can tell.
Lisa gets it. From “The Italian Bob,” an episode where the family visited Italy:
That’s about as cool as pretending to be any other culture.
But it’s ok for Americans somehow to fake being from a different culture to not be looked down on.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Piss off.
Why don’t you guys put on Russian flags? More accurate.
I’d make the connection to blackface but I don’t think Americans would ever pretend to be black if they weren’t.
Yeah, I definitely understand if my fellow Americans pretending to be our Northern neighbours when travelling overseas.
We aren’t not that popular. Only Russians like us.