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"An award-winning Australian comedian has cancelled a planned trip to the US
after receiving legal advice that she could be stopped at the border due to her
previous jokes about the Trump administration.
Alice Fraser, who has appeared on Australia’s
ABC and the
BBC and toured
internationally, was due to head to New York in the first week of May to
promote her recently published book.
She planned to apply for an O-1B visa, which permits comedians to live and work
in the US if they demonstrate “extraordinary ability” in the arts. But after
widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US and travellers being
detained, Fraser sought advice from an immigration lawyer.
“I asked [the lawyer] what I thought was a ridiculous question – that I do
political satire and have a fair few jokes floating around on Elon Musk and
Donald Trump, and whether that would be a risk,” Fraser told
Guardian
Australia.
“I thought I was being paranoid, but she said it might [pose a risk] and they’d
almost certainly Google me. She said while the vast majority of people will be
able to travel in and out … they’re definitely doing increased scrutinising.
“If I didn’t have two children, I might be more open to taking a risk, but the
vision of me being there with a baby strapped to me and held up and hassled, or
worse … I’m not up for that.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
