Tourist who claimed he was banned entry to US because of a JD Vance meme on his phone was actually denied for a different reason, Homeland reveal
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A Norwegian tourist who claimed he was denied entry to the United States after immigration officers found a meme of JD Vance on his phone was actually turned away for a different reason, U.S. officials have revealed.
Mads Mikkelsen, 21, was sent away after arriving at New Jersey's Newark Airport on June 11 for a holiday.
He told Norwegian outlet Nordlys that he had been pulled aside by border control and put in a cell.
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