Journalism is free speech but it is also work. If you want journalistic protections, like to protect your sources, then you're doing work. If you're doing work in violation of your student visa, well...
If you're into North Korean or Iranian hardliner "Death To America" politics, I sincerely hope that CBP calmly and politely has you gtfo at point of entry and hopefully no later.
Granted, I wouldn't want it to be _these_ political beliefs, but if you're a journalist publicly flying afoul of the political administration of the country you're traveling to, being denied entry is pretty much status quo around the world. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone.
Politely?
Whoa. I think your views are indicative of where this is all heading.
> you're a journalist publicly flying afoul of the political administration of the country you're traveling to, being denied entry is pretty much status quo around the world. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone.
Not in most "Western" nations until just recently. The main exceptions were if you are calling for violence. But I think that the values we previously associated with "Western" nations is not as applicable to the US as evidenced by what is happening. Some political non-violent, non-racist views, are being banned and punished.
We also have a long history of having our spies pose as media and get denied entry to other countries for it. If it's a tactic we use, we would expect the same in kind.
Also the answer is yes. All European countries do various forms of refusing entry due to political beliefs for example. I can't really imagine it's different anywhere else on the planet.
It’s particularly egregious that this is happening on the country that labels itself as the paragon of free speech…
That is an irrelevant hypothetical.
His interview with customers and border patrol is recounted in the article and makes it clear his detention and deportation was about is opinions on Israel-Gaza:
"To Officer Martinez, the pieces were highly concerning. He asked me what I thought about “it all,” meaning the conflict on campus, as well as the conflict between Israel and Hamas. He asked my opinion of Israel, of Hamas, of the student protesters. He asked if I was friends with any Jews. He asked for my views on a one- versus a two-state solution. He asked who was at fault: Israel or Palestine. He asked what Israel should do differently."
If someone looks closely enough I am sure there is a reason to make me a criminal, at least at the border.
mitchbob•4h ago