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[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Speaking as an American, everyone who can needs to stay the fuck out until we can get some semblance of having our shit together.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Doing payroll would be you performing a transaction in another country to people in that other country. At no point are you performing work where you receive remuneration in the country you're visiting - which is the point of working visas. Just because you did a bit of paperwork for your work back home doesn't mean you're violating tourist visa conditions.

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So what I'm not understanding is, why are we putting people in jail for something that isn't causing harm? Unless, is there something about overstaying your visa that is harmful?

[–] laserm@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Catering to your idiotic voters is the reason.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 89 points 1 day ago (4 children)

There were other tourists, too. Bana, from Romania, was on holiday in Canada and visited Peace Arch park, on the international boundary between the US and Canada. She told Becky she had been taking selfies with her husband when a US border official told her they had strayed into American territory without the right visa and took her into custody.

So they're bringing people into the country to arrest them. Genius. Those detention centers must be rolling in cash right now and DOGE is ignoring it.

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[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 116 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. “First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now?”

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 15 points 11 hours ago

I'm having real difficulty convincing my mother not to go to the US. She doesn't really pay much attention to the news and although she knows some things are going on I find it very hard to get her to understand how serious it is.

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