United States: French researcher expelled for expressing “a personal opinion on the policies pursued by the Trump administration”

looks like MAGA have realized the courts will let you do whatever you want so long as you shout “NATIONAL SECURITY”

> The French government deplored, on Wednesday, March 19, the ban on entry to the United States and subsequent rejection of a French researcher who had come to attend a conference because he had expressed a “personal opinion” on American research policy.

> “I learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) “who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled ,” said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). “This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy ,” he added.

> According to a diplomatic source to AFP, the incident occurred on March 9. The space researcher was reportedly subjected to a random check upon arrival, during which his work computer and personal phone were searched. The same source also reported that messages discussing the Trump administration’s treatment of scientists were found. **He was reportedly accused of messages “that reflect hatred toward Trump and can be described as terrorism .”** His professional and personal equipment was reportedly confiscated, and the researcher was sent back to Europe the next day.

!ping SNEK&IMMIGRATION

They better not check this sub

this is what Germany did to their scientists.