A growing number of legal U.S. residents and visa holders are being detained or deported after border agents inspect their phones and social media.
  • naeap@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    2 months ago

    Ha, never thought about that

    Is that really the case?
    That would mean, they have some “international waters territory” right at every airport, that gets arrivals from other countries

    That would be like…wtf?!

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, that’s pretty much how it works in every country. When you’re in an airport, you’re in legal limbo, where you’re legally not in any country until you’ve passed through security after landing. That’s why movie The Terminal exists (inspired by the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who was stuck in the Paris airport in similar circumstances).

      If you arrive in any country and fail to get in, you have to return where you came from or anywhere else that’ll take you.