One of many stories about ICE harassing travelers to the USA based on politics

The Guardian: Leftwing pundit Hasan Piker says US border agents stopped and questioned him on Trump and Gaza — US-born progressive streamer says officials at Chicago airport led him to private room on return from France (by Lauren Gambino)

Piker, recounting the incident on his Twitch livestream on Monday, said he was led to a private room at Chicago O’Hare airport and interviewed for nearly two hours about his political views.

. . . Assuming the officer was familiar with his online commentary, Piker said he was candid about his views, telling the agent he was “not fond” of the US president.

He said the officer was particularly focused on his criticism of Israel’s prosecution of the Gaza war, asking him: “Do you like Hamas? Like, do you support Hamas? Do you think Hamas is a resistance group?”

In response, Piker said he told the officer that he was a “pacifist” and wanted “the endless bloodshed to end”.

“I just kept repeating that over and over again,” he said, describing the line of questioning as “insane” and a violation of his first amendment rights.

I decided to share this on my blog as a reminder myself (and those reading in the future) about how quickly #Fascism is unfolding in the #USA today.