Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

I have plenty of Facebook friends who post political points of view that I don’t agree with. Don’t you? Or have they all unfriended you? He didn’t post any of it or like any of the posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are using tax payer money to fund international students who hang out with friends who don't like us.

I'd rather see that Harvard slot go to another hard working
American kid. I work with a lot of lower income students
on the Rio Grande border of the US. There are a lot
of smart low income kids in the US that would like to go to
Harvard.

"...who hang out with friends who don't like us."

So PP, you're OK with being judged on your friends' opinions, even if you disagree with those opinions? Or maybe you'll say that your friends and you all have the same (obviously perfect and uncritical) opinions on all political, social and economic issues so there could never be anything they'd say or post that could differ from what you'd say yourself...

Have you never heard of "guilt by association"? If you hear that phrase and are fine with the idea, well, you don't know much American history. Start with the 1950s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

I have plenty of Facebook friends who post political points of view that I don’t agree with. Don’t you? Or have they all unfriended you? He didn’t post any of it or like any of the posts.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

I have plenty of Facebook friends who post political points of view that I don’t agree with. Don’t you? Or have they all unfriended you? He didn’t post any of it or like any of the posts.

+1

Right, but neither the two of you are applying for a student visa from a location that is known to be a hotbed of activities that are hostile to US and our allies. Imagine your kid wants to have a sleepover with a friend from school, he is from a part of the neighborhood with a lot of drug use and domestic violence - lets say a trailer park. Are you going to have second thoughts about that kid coming over to sleep in your house? How many of you are going to sit down with your child and say "I don't want you hanging out with him". Is this fair to that kid from the trailer park? Life is not fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

I have plenty of Facebook friends who post political points of view that I don’t agree with. Don’t you? Or have they all unfriended you? He didn’t post any of it or like any of the posts.

+1

Right, but neither the two of you are applying for a student visa from a location that is known to be a hotbed of activities that are hostile to US and our allies. Imagine your kid wants to have a sleepover with a friend from school, he is from a part of the neighborhood with a lot of drug use and domestic violence - lets say a trailer park. Are you going to have second thoughts about that kid coming over to sleep in your house? How many of you are going to sit down with your child and say "I don't want you hanging out with him". Is this fair to that kid from the trailer park? Life is not fair.

What a bizarre analogy. I might not let DC go to the trailer park, but I'd have no problem with the kid coming to our house any time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

Big surprise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps AMIDEAST should have vetted the student better.

Perhaps their priorities are different than ours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

I have plenty of Facebook friends who post political points of view that I don’t agree with. Don’t you? Or have they all unfriended you? He didn’t post any of it or like any of the posts.

+1

Right, but neither the two of you are applying for a student visa from a location that is known to be a hotbed of activities that are hostile to US and our allies. Imagine your kid wants to have a sleepover with a friend from school, he is from a part of the neighborhood with a lot of drug use and domestic violence - lets say a trailer park. Are you going to have second thoughts about that kid coming over to sleep in your house? How many of you are going to sit down with your child and say "I don't want you hanging out with him". Is this fair to that kid from the trailer park? Life is not fair.

I'd be more concerned if I saw them wearing a MAGA hat, today's equivalent of a white hood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

Big surprise.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

I have plenty of Facebook friends who post political points of view that I don’t agree with. Don’t you? Or have they all unfriended you? He didn’t post any of it or like any of the posts.

+1

Right, but neither the two of you are applying for a student visa from a location that is known to be a hotbed of activities that are hostile to US and our allies. Imagine your kid wants to have a sleepover with a friend from school, he is from a part of the neighborhood with a lot of drug use and domestic violence - lets say a trailer park. Are you going to have second thoughts about that kid coming over to sleep in your house? How many of you are going to sit down with your child and say "I don't want you hanging out with him". Is this fair to that kid from the trailer park? Life is not fair.

I'd be more concerned if I saw them wearing a MAGA hat, today's equivalent of a white hood.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

I have plenty of Facebook friends who post political points of view that I don’t agree with. Don’t you? Or have they all unfriended you? He didn’t post any of it or like any of the posts.

+1

+1

He didn’t post it or like it. JFC.

[Anonymous]

I keep seeing posts talking about "taxpayer money" being spent.

Yet not one of you idiots can tell us exactly where you mean taxpayer money is being spent, despite being asked. If you can point that out, others may agree with you. But you don't. Because you can't.

So, you: fail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Above comes from the Harvard Crimson article but
was omitted from the initial thread quote.

Why do we let students into the US that don't like us?
It seems there are plenty of international students
that like us and want to study in the US.

It looks like there was problematic material on the
student's phone.

I have plenty of Facebook friends who post political points of view that I don’t agree with. Don’t you? Or have they all unfriended you? He didn’t post any of it or like any of the posts.

+1

Right, but neither the two of you are applying for a student visa from a location that is known to be a hotbed of activities that are hostile to US and our allies. Imagine your kid wants to have a sleepover with a friend from school, he is from a part of the neighborhood with a lot of drug use and domestic violence - lets say a trailer park. Are you going to have second thoughts about that kid coming over to sleep in your house? How many of you are going to sit down with your child and say "I don't want you hanging out with him". Is this fair to that kid from the trailer park? Life is not fair.

I'd be more concerned if I saw them wearing a MAGA hat, today's equivalent of a white hood.

+1

Okay, so you are admitting that if your child wanted to have a sleepover of a friend who is from a neighborhood of vocal MAGA types - you would be perfectly fine with the sleepover and your kid hanging out with that friend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep seeing posts talking about "taxpayer money" being spent.

Yet not one of you idiots can tell us exactly where you mean taxpayer money is being spent, despite being asked. If you can point that out, others may agree with you. But you don't. Because you can't.

So, you: fail.

It is shocking in a forum about higher education that you wouldn't do the basic amount of research. Here's an earlier article from Harvard crying about the potential drop in Federal funding due to Trump:

https://harvardmagazine.com/2017/07/trump-to-research-drop-dead

I hope you don't follow up by asking for proof that Federal Funds come from taxpayers. If your kids get admitted to a good school, you likely had no contribution to that achievement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep seeing posts talking about "taxpayer money" being spent.

Yet not one of you idiots can tell us exactly where you mean taxpayer money is being spent, despite being asked. If you can point that out, others may agree with you. But you don't. Because you can't.

So, you: fail.

It is shocking in a forum about higher education that you wouldn't do the basic amount of research. Here's an earlier article from Harvard crying about the potential drop in Federal funding due to Trump:

https://harvardmagazine.com/2017/07/trump-to-research-drop-dead

I hope you don't follow up by asking for proof that Federal Funds come from taxpayers. If your kids get admitted to a good school, you likely had no contribution to that achievement.

It's more shocking in a forum about higher education that you think research grants are gifts. It's the equivalent of being hired. Product is delivered for it.
Also has nothing to do with this student. So, you: 10 fail 20 goto 10