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You say that, but I've seen my fair share of news articles about chalky Brits being sent back home; usually for stuff like offensive content found on their phones (the one that comes to mind, was someone being rejected entry because he had the fat Vance meme saved in his images automatically by a WhatsApp chat).
I suppose Americans wouldn't even be aware that foreigners are liable to these checks prior to entry, or that governments like Germany and the UK have put up travel advisories warning against visiting. Crazy to think about given it's such common knowledge the world over... Some NK level of public deception.
That guy was Norwegian, and Homeland Security said he was detained and sent home because he admitted to drug use on his entry forms, not because of any memes.
Ah you're right, he wasn't British; he was Norwegian, so even more likely to be white. Is it accents rather than skin colour that set the racism off?
The claims that this didn't happen, is simply the accused saying "actually no". It's their word against his, no evidence has been provided to prove that what the DHS say is accurate (the current regime still won't release the Epstein files, so I doubt they'd release any evidence about something so trivial in comparison) and quite frankly, the maga regime hasn't been honest about a single thing thus far, so why would they start now?
The supposed admission you refer to is due to them finding a picture of a wooden pipe in his photos on his phone, not because he admitted to drug use on a form. Which makes the whole "white tourists are getting deported for the content of their phones" still ring true.