Emeritus Prof Christopher May4d ago

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

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@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.

Mar 23 at 8:56amWeb