Is it safe to visit the US? – podcast

Adam Gabbatt reports on the visa and green card-holders being held in US detention centres“Border Patrol always had the right to grill people trying to enter the US, right,” Guardian US reporter Adam Gabbatt tells Michael Safi. “But from what we can tell now, Border Patrol agents are now much more likely to basically get into people’s business, so to search people’s devices, particularly mobile phones, and there seems to have been a real spike in the number of people being questioned and now detained. We’ve seen that with tourists, but also people on green cards and working visas.”One of those people was Jasmine Mooney, a Canadian entrepreneur who had travelled to the US on a work visa many times. Continue reading...

Apr 8, 2025 - 05:22
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Is it safe to visit the US? – podcast

Adam Gabbatt reports on the visa and green card-holders being held in US detention centres

“Border Patrol always had the right to grill people trying to enter the US, right,” Guardian US reporter Adam Gabbatt tells Michael Safi. “But from what we can tell now, Border Patrol agents are now much more likely to basically get into people’s business, so to search people’s devices, particularly mobile phones, and there seems to have been a real spike in the number of people being questioned and now detained. We’ve seen that with tourists, but also people on green cards and working visas.”

One of those people was Jasmine Mooney, a Canadian entrepreneur who had travelled to the US on a work visa many times. Continue reading...