Raj booked a cruise around the Gulf of Mexico during spring break. When we come back, we have to go through border customs.
I am a US passport holder now. Raj was supposed to have his citizenship ceremony this Wednesday before the cruise, but most probably due to a staff shortage, they changed it to an entire month later.
Therefore, when we come back, there is a risk that the border police are going to look into our phones; if there are anti-Trump messages and posts, they could refuse Raj's entry to America.
How absurd it is when I am tying all these out. Is this still America? Still democracy?
Raj asked me to uninstall Instagram and whatnot when we enter US soil, just for customs. As the NYT reported, a German was refused entry on a green card, probably because he openly posted anti-Trump things.
Before I clean up my devices in preparation for entering China in the summer, I would have to clean up my phone in preparation for entering America!
If Raj could get his citizenship before the cruise, to hell I'm gonna exercise self-censorship as an American citizen! I guess citizens are still safe, right?! Right?!?
America is undoubtedly turning authoritarian! Citizens and green card holders are scared of what they think and say, so they delete the content before entering American soil!
What a joke!
I hope nothing happens. But what if Raj won't be allowed to enter? Will we all move to India? Will we get a chance to pack our things? Raj takes the flight to India from Mexico, and I take the kids to come back to California, sell the house, and join him in India? Do I get to sponsor his stay as a US citizen even if he is refused entry? Will he be stuck in Mexico temporarily, then? For how long? I have so many questions!
"Can we please just not go on this cruise? Travel after you are a citizen?"
"But we paid over 4000 dollars for it, and dates can't be changed!"
"Oh damn!"
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