‘what began as a shocking absurdity – academics, intellectuals and ordinary people with ideas being denied entry or sent to prison for weeks based on the search of their phone – quickly became ordinary.
The unacceptable was normalised at such speed that, only a few weeks into the border crisis, the EU began issuing burner phones to its staff bound for the US.
Some European countries warned their LGBTQ+ citizens to be cautious visiting the US in a tone akin to Tripadvisor travel tips’