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Detained by DHS Over Israeli Criticism
Fui detenido e interrogado por el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ayer
durante
tres horas sobre Israel. Ayer regresé de mi viaje a
Líbano,
y en la fila de pasaportes, de inmediato me quitaron el pasaporte,
lo pusieron en una
carpeta roja y dijeron: "El DHS tiene que hablar contigo". Por
supuesto, fui.
No me dejaron llevar mi equipaje.
Y cuando llego allí, empiezan a hacerme preguntas sobre mí,
mi familia, mis
amigos, dónde fui a la secundaria. Lo anotaron todo.
No les voy a mentir. Revisaron mis redes sociales
y luego me
preguntaron: "¿Alguna vez has doxeado a alguien?". Dije:
"No". "¿Alguna vez has doxeado a un
político?". Dije: "No". "¿Alguna vez has dicho algo
negativo sobre un político
israelí?". Dije: "Sí". Ahora ya no hay un solo tipo.
Ahora hay dos sujetos, agentes con placas al cuello,
haciéndome
preguntas y dicen: "¿Por qué harías eso?". Se
referían a
un tuit sobre Ben-Gvir, un ministro israelí, que publiqué en abril de
2026. Me dijeron: "No vuelvas a hacer eso.
No publiques un tuit negativo sobre él". Tras unos 30 minutos más de
cuestionar por qué criticaría a Ben-Gvir del gobierno israelí,
tomaron más datos, mi teléfono, mi correo, mi dirección, y luego dijeron:
"No vuelvas a hacer esto". En ese momento, dije: "De acuerdo", y
me fui a casa. Soy estadounidense. Nací en Estados Unidos.
Vivo en el sur profundo. Soy cristiano.
Cazo, pesco, veo béisbol, veo fútbol americano.
Soy ciudadano estadounidense y se me denegó la entrada a mi país y
interrogado y detenido por tres horas, y, al final,
me interrogaron sobre un político israelí. Ahí es,
ahí es donde estamos ahora.
La verdad, dio miedo porque mi propio gobierno
me está interrogando sobre un
gobierno extranjero. ¿Y si tienen algo en mi contra?
Eso es lo que pienso ahora en mi casa al día siguiente.
Si Israel tiene algo en mi contra, ya están logrando que mi gobierno
me niegue
la entrada. Da miedo.
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Original transcript (English)
I was detained and questioned by the Department of Homeland Security yesterday for three hours about Israel. I returned yesterday from my trip to Lebanon, and through the passport line, they immediately took my passport,
put it in a red folder, and said, "The DHS has to speak with you." Of course, I went. They didn't let me take my luggage. And when I get there, they start asking me questions about me,
my family, my friends, where I went to high school. They wrote everything down. I'm not gonna lie to them. They looked through my social medias, and then they asked me, "Have you ever doxxed anyone?" I said,
"No." "Have you ever doxxed a politician?" I said, "No." "Have you ever said anything negative about an Israeli politician?" I said, "Yes." Now there's not one guy. Now there's two guys, agents with the badges around their necks,
asking me questions, and they say, "Why would you do that?" They were talking about a tweet about Ben-Gvir, an Israeli minister, I made in April of 2026. They told me, "Do not do that again.
Do not make a negative tweet about him." After about 30 minutes more of questioning why would I criticize Ben-Gvir of the Israeli government, took more information, my phone number, my email, my address, and then they said, "Do not do this again." In that moment, I said, "Okay," and I went home. I'm an American. I was born in the United States.
I live in the Deep South. I'm a Christian. I hunt, I fish, I watch baseball, I watch football. I am an American citizen, and I was denied entry into my country and questioned and detained for three hours, and ultimately, I was questioned about an Israeli politician. That's,
that's where we're at now. Truthfully, it was scary because my own government is questioning me about a foreign government. What if they have something against me? That's what I'm thinking now in my home the next day after.
If Israel has something against me, they're already getting my government to deny me entry. It's scary.
