jonne

I guess they can use the rest of the time to join protests and run for office.

I thought the only question remaining was whether he's doing it on purpose or if it's just incompetence.

Great, everyone's a terrorist now, and the thing we said would happen if you carve out exceptions in the law for terrorists is happening. Everyone that voted for the patriot act and equivalents in other countries did this.

I bet they get a bonus for every 'illegal' they catch.

It's a good way to demonstrate that those 'free speech absolutists' are always full of shit. They just want to be able to say the N-word again, and they'll absolutely continue to do everything to suppress your speech, especially if it's something that threatens their money.

Yeah, it would be politically smart for Trump to just blame Musk for all the unpopular DOGE stuff after firing him, but I'm not sure he would just because he only respects people that are richer than him.

You mean hostel and Greyhound bus money as opposed to just hostel money for one place?

They might have booked the trip before it was clear it was going to be so bad, and I doubt you can get your money back on a ticket for something like that. They probably rolled the dice and hoped for the best. It's always been a roulette of whether you'd get a 'good' border patrol agent or some guy with a chip on his shoulder. It's just that the latter feels more empowered now and there's nobody keeping them in check.

I doubt it's common. I've traveled to Australia and the US (and a bunch of other places) with just a few nights in a hostel booked, sometimes even without a return flight. Might be different if you've got a middle eastern name or something like that, but pretty much every backpacker travels this way.

Imagine booking 2 years ahead when you're on a writing holiday visa, that's just nuts.

Yeah, I've always travelled like this. You just get a ho(s)tel for the first few nights, and then you just stay longer if you like where you are or you move on to the next place based on what locals/other travellers recommend.

Better make sure you always have your passport and birth certificate on you. And even then, that might not protect you.

ICE has attracted the worst people since its inception. Some of these people are cops that were so bad they couldn't be hired as cops any more.