I’m actually shocked that folks I speak to here in Ireland are still planning holidays in the USA.
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@aral I saw a poster ad for USIT on the bus on Sunday, extolling the joys of student summer visas (J1, etc.) in the USA.
Couldn't fucking believe it.
@clickhere *smdh* It’s gross negligence to allow such an ad.
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@aral I saw a poster ad for USIT on the bus on Sunday, extolling the joys of student summer visas (J1, etc.) in the USA.
Couldn't fucking believe it.
@clickhere @aral the problem is you have whole industries set up for this kind of stuff, and they're like "maybe it's ok, I'm not into politics".
Doesn't matter, they're still selling someone 6-9 months in a Texas concentration camp
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@aral as a resident of a famous international tourist destination (Santa Cruz, CA)
Do not fkn come here
The beaches/surf are not worth your support of corporate totalitarianism
None of your money goes to localsDo not fkn come here
@Irenetherogue @aral This place is not a place of honor.
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It's paywalled to shit, but at least I could grab a screenshot before the overlay kicks in.
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Tourists are operating under the assumption that their consulates will fund a legal defense to retrieve them from ICE detention.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-allege-dept-homeland-security-denying-legal-counsel/story?id=129335914They won't, the individual is responsible for paying their lawyers, if they're permitted to get one.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-held-without-charges-barred-from-legal-access-attorneys-sayhttps://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-deportation-detention-true-costs/
Secondly, people are underestimating their fortitude as they pick vegetables for Walmart & Target in 104 degree heat.
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e1/
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I’m actually shocked that folks I speak to here in Ireland are still planning holidays in the USA.
Here’s a testimonial you might not find on Tripadvisor:
“like a concentration camp, absolute hell” – Seamus Culleton
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/irish-man-seamus-culleton-ice-detention
Seriously, what’re you all thinking? DO. NOT. VISIT. THE. USA. FFS!
@aral U.S. citizen here. I love my country (and yours!) but now is not the time to come here. We cannot guarantee your safety and you would be normalizing Nazis. Wait until they are all in jail or in exile. We WILL get rid of them.
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It's paywalled to shit, but at least I could grab a screenshot before the overlay kicks in.
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@clickhere *smdh* It’s gross negligence to allow such an ad.
@aral It absolutely is.
It's extremely "spend your summer in Germany in 1933" vibes..
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@clickhere @aral the problem is you have whole industries set up for this kind of stuff, and they're like "maybe it's ok, I'm not into politics".
Doesn't matter, they're still selling someone 6-9 months in a Texas concentration camp
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I’m actually shocked that folks I speak to here in Ireland are still planning holidays in the USA.
Here’s a testimonial you might not find on Tripadvisor:
“like a concentration camp, absolute hell” – Seamus Culleton
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/irish-man-seamus-culleton-ice-detention
Seriously, what’re you all thinking? DO. NOT. VISIT. THE. USA. FFS!
@aral Same here. A co-worker wanted to travel to the USA a few months ago. I asked him to reconsider and advised against it. He went anyway.
Some more months prior to that I had already shown him pictures of Musk (and others) doing Hitler salutes. So it was pure ignorance.
Some (many) people are hopeless cases.
Luckily he came back and nothing happened to him. He's white.
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@aral RTÉ 1 had an interview with him.
@fkamiah17 @aral The staff are Hispanic people? What?!
The two ICE goons that killed Alex Pretti also were both Hispanic.
I don't understand that.
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Tourists are operating under the assumption that their consulates will fund a legal defense to retrieve them from ICE detention.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-allege-dept-homeland-security-denying-legal-counsel/story?id=129335914They won't, the individual is responsible for paying their lawyers, if they're permitted to get one.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-held-without-charges-barred-from-legal-access-attorneys-sayhttps://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-deportation-detention-true-costs/
Secondly, people are underestimating their fortitude as they pick vegetables for Walmart & Target in 104 degree heat.
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e1/
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I’m actually shocked that folks I speak to here in Ireland are still planning holidays in the USA.
Here’s a testimonial you might not find on Tripadvisor:
“like a concentration camp, absolute hell” – Seamus Culleton
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/irish-man-seamus-culleton-ice-detention
Seriously, what’re you all thinking? DO. NOT. VISIT. THE. USA. FFS!
@aral
I worry about my daughter and family going to Disneyland, Florida in the spring. They don't pay much attention to news reports about the US and being white, straight, married with kids they'll probably be ok. I'd rather they didn't go, for their own safety, but also because anything that hits the US economy is desirable. It's the only influence us non-US people have. But I can't stop them. -
@aral RTÉ 1 had an interview with him.
@fkamiah17 @aral Here is a link to the RTE site with the interview.
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@fkamiah17 @aral Here is a link to the RTE site with the interview.
@eriksandblom @fkamiah17 Thank you
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