Joe Biden was an absolute freaking *disaster* for gay ppl

[viking8x6]

The devil is in the details, but numerous non-US governments have issued travel advisories for their citizens about difficulties with traveling to the U.S.

At least one such incident that is specific to gay people comes up in a quick google search:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3122632.stm

[PrisonbaiT]

The current result is that tourists from Europe and Canada, no longer book holidays to the USA, they rather prefer to stay in their own country, or travel elsewhere.  Bookings from Europe to American destinations are already down 24% even with the cheap dollar to the Euro

[TaKinGDeePanal]

16 hours ago, PrisonbaiT said:

Friends of mine where not allowed to enter Florida from Europe to stay at their timesharing appartement.  They where stopped when entering the USA, hours interogated buy border control and ordered to return to Europe just because they where 2 guys seeming to be gay.   This administration is on the hunt for people, and i think it will het worse.

Could it possibly be that it was due to the personal prejudices of that CBP officer? We all know now that the rate of rejected entry has increased exponentially - and that they can now say and do pretty much whatever they want.

At least the US still officially (for now) allows entry for HIV+ people - unlike Australia (if you are looking to get any non-visitor visa).

Edited 4 hours ago by TaKinGDeePanal

[SomewhereonNeptune]

1 hour ago, TaKinGDeePanal said:

At least the US still officially (for now) allows entry for HIV+ people - unlike Australia (if you are looking to get any non-visitor visa).

I think this could be knee-jerk given the exceptionally lax restrictions on border control by the (ahem) prior administration. To me it seems challenging that people are being flagged based on sexual preference. Is it possible that for some of these, the media is providing a partial rendition of what happened or CBP isn't providing the full reasons for denial of entry?

For instance, if a CBP agent does an inspection from someone clearing customs from certain countries, they will look to see signs such as a visitor's visa but carrying work-specific equipment and enough evidence that they may be looking to overstay a visa and try to apply for work. The Philippines and India are 2 nations where that activity is highly likely. What we don't know, or aren't being told to be fair, is whether there are other mitigating circumstances or intelligence suggesting certain flights may be logical choices for potential threatening activity. I don't know your friends who've gone through this and cannot speculate, but I know people who've had encounters coming to the US who were "selected for enhanced screening" including a family that visited me in October.

Some years ago, I got selected for enhanced screening coming out of Dublin back to JFK, and they did the process in Dublin pre-boarding. I have Global Entry, TSA Pre-Check and other items to help me pass security more easily since I used to travel both for business and holidays. I don't fit the profile of someone on a watchlist. CBP can see my travel record across the globe. I'm so white and American I probably scare Casper. But I got the full treatment and no one could tell me why. Yeah it sucks.