Miguel Afonso Caetano on Nostr: RT @Seamus_Malek A French researcher was detained on arrival in the US, his computer ...
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A French researcher was detained on arrival in the US, his computer and phone confiscated/searched, and his texts criticizing Trump's cuts to scientific research were deemed by DHS agents as "hatred of Trump [that could be] described as terrorism." He was deported the next day.
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html
A French researcher was detained on arrival in the US, his computer and phone confiscated/searched, and his texts criticizing Trump's cuts to scientific research were deemed by DHS agents as "hatred of Trump [that could be] described as terrorism." He was deported the next day.
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html