Emeritus Prof Christopher May

Its a long time since I flew to the US, but one of the reasons I stopped was the increasingly scary process of entering the country - the Transport Security Administration officers made the UK's Border Force at Manchester Airport look pretty friendly (in comparison).

Given their conduct in Minneapolis & elsewhere the news the Tangerine Tyrant is sending ICE agents to help the TSA at airports should fill any prospective traveller to the US with dread!

#ICE #USPol #Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/ice-agents-us-airports

ICE agents will be deployed to US airports on Monday to ease long lines

Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoff

The Guardian
Mar 22 at 10:39pmWeb
Show threadDiana Barbosa 🇺🇦🇵🇸4d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 I can compare those two: the ones in the US are shittier a million times over! (At least in Manchester I could go to the toilet before going through customs) (PS - the new Manchester airport is much better)
Show threadAdrian W4d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 I’ve visited the US many times in the past but there’s no way I’d go anywhere near the damned place now.
Show threadThe Penguin of Evil4d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 plus they are inexperienced so when the nice white person with the bomb gets on the plane they will likely be looking in the wrong direction. That would be mildly bad any time but given Trump trying to blow up Iran could end very badly indeed.
Show threadIan Turton4d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 I think you only meet the TSA on the way out. The scary (and incompetent) ones are CBP customs and border protection.
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May4d ago

@ianturton

Aha, they all looked the same to me.... but point taken, thanks

Show threadStoneBear 3d ago

@ianturton

You missed the memo, sir, because of government chaos in the VS ICE are replacing TSA at the security checkpoints. (this is really recent.)

Receipts, as per usual for a once and future professional journalist: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cede0qyvqz3o

@ChrisMayLA6

Trump says ICE agents will assist TSA agents with airport security as DHS shutdown continues

Travellers have faced hours-long waits at airports around the country as a partial government shutdown has left TSA agents without pay.

Show threadIan Turton3d ago
@stonebear2 @ChrisMayLA6 but I don't think they are replacing the CBP on entry and customs checks
Show threadStoneBear 3d ago

@ianturton

No, but that's worst of both worlds, you get both inexperienced *and* cruel...

@ChrisMayLA6

Show threadPeter Brown4d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 don’t be under any illusions. They are pleasant and friendly to UK passport holders but if you’d ever seen how they behave towards other nationalities, you would not be using those adjectives.
Not even slightly.
Show threadAM💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿3d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 DO NOT TRAVEL TO US ITS A FASCIST STATE
Show threadNicovel0 🍉3d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 I work for an international company, and refusing to travel to the USA is completely accepted by our hierarchy. No need to give a reason. It’s the same across many fields, I suspect it loses USA conferences millions already, and some have relocated.
Show threadkit3d ago

@ChrisMayLA6 The last few times (pre pandemic) I went to the States, it was in the company of spouse, who is a citizen, and it was still kinda scary, where Manchester was just annoying and rude.

These days I wouldn’t even choose to fly through US airspace, let alone transit there.

Show threadcoldclimate3d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 I have no intention of going there again at the moment. Even once this current pedo in chief dies, it'll take ten years to roll back the lunacy
Show threadTubemeister3d ago

@coldclimate @ChrisMayLA6 I’ve had no intention of going there for years.

That changed last year.

I now have a very firm intention to not go there.

Show threadJ. Steven York3d ago
@ChrisMayLA6
This will be absolute chaos and disaster, for both foreign AND American travelers. And I'm for it. Everything that might wake his supporters up to his incompetence and awfulness is good at this point, ESPECIALLY when it comes to ICE. Yeah, most of them will stay in the cult even while ICE is shooting their luggage and arresting their pilot, but maybe this will chip some more off the edges, or at least introduce some doubt.
Show threadAlan T Perry 🇨🇦3d ago

@ChrisMayLA6

What could possibly go wrong?

Show threadStoneBear 3d ago

@ChrisMayLA6 _NO ONE_ without a US passport has ANY BUSINESS visiting the US right now. They will pull you for any reason or none at all. And even with a blue passport, with ICE replacing TSA at security checkpoints? I'm not going, and I *have* a bloody blue passport. Chinga la migra! #fuckICE

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cede0qyvqz3o

Trump says ICE agents will assist TSA agents with airport security as DHS shutdown continues

Travellers have faced hours-long waits at airports around the country as a partial government shutdown has left TSA agents without pay.

Show threadswggrkllr3rd3d ago

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/116273243647603647

@ChrisMayLA6 https://mastodon.world/@benlockwood@ecoevo.social/116273243830672329