Etaoin Shrdlu

Here's a good analysis: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5218181-signal-chat-violates-espionage-act/

It isn't about inviting the journalist. It's about using an insecure channel to discuss classified information. Signal isn't approved for discussing classified material.

Every single government official included in that chat should be fired and criminally charged. Not one of them said "hey, this is an insecure channel and we aren't supposed to be discussing this kind of thing". They were all negligent.

I suggest you check. All persons in the US, regardless of their immigration status, have the right to due process. Foreigners in the US on student visas are entitled to appear before an immigration judge prior to deportation.

They still have the right to go before an immigration judge before deportation.

If they broke the law, then charge them, and if convicted, deport them. They are still entitled to due process.

Look up the Brandenburg Test.

Student visas don't contain conditions that prohibit engaging in speech protected under the US Constitution.

As unpopular as that may be, it is likely protected speech.

Supporting a terrorist organization is spelled out quite clearly in statutes. They describe actions, not speech.

There are terms under which a student visa can be revoked, but exercising free speech isn't one of them.

What specific condition in their visa are they being charged with violating?

Spreading hate? I can think of someone else who's a master of doing that and gets masses of Americans to buy into it. Antisemitism? Some of those protesting are Arabs, who are themselves semites. Protesting against Israel's policies isn't anti-Jewish or hate speech. It's protected speech under the Constitution. Supporting Hamas? Not illegal unless it contravenes one or more of the very prescriptive laws that define support for terrorist organizations. These laws criminalize specific actions, not speech. I haven't seen any of the students charged with contravening any of those statutes. Occupying universities? Universities can expel students for prohibited conduct and can charge outsiders with trespass. Expulsion would cancel a student visa, but a misdemeanor trespass may not always be enough to get a foreigner deported. But again, some of the students are bing deported without being charged with any crime.

If a foreigner on a student visa breaks the law, then charge them and if they are convicted, deport them. The problem is that some foreign students are being deported without being charged with any crime and are thus deprived of their right to due process under the Constitution. You do support the US Constitution, don't you?

No, freedom of speech does not extend to breaking the law. But some of the students are being deported without being charged with breaking any law.

Even foreigners on student visas are subject to the provisions of the US Constitution that guarantee free speech and due process. There are no conditions on student visas that state that the holder of the visa is not entitled to protection under the US Constitution.

Yes, because they clearly broke the law and were charged with crimes, unlike many of the students who are being deported without being charged with any crime.

We don't need violent MAGAs storming the capitol and threatening to hang Mike Pence, either. Yet not only has Trump pardoned most of them, but now wants to compensate them for their time in prison.

Not to mention "hang Mike Pence". And now Trump wants to compensate this scum for their well-deserved time in prison.

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/trump-tariffs-automaker-prices-warning-928bc7a9?st=dPeEAq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink So much for those who thought Trump was a free-market capitalist.

Mrs. Shrdlu and I were processed together in the non-citizen channel last year when we visited the US, We attempted to use the US-citizen channel as we had on previous occasions, but this time we were directed to use the non-citizen channel.

Mrs. Shrdlu and I are planning a visit to the US in a couple of months to attend our son's college graduation. We've never had any issues in the past and I'm not expecting any this time. We've been to the US several times in recent years and she still has a few years left on her 10-year tourist visa. But please do post if you do indeed run into anything unusual at US immigration this time.

Yes, at the university level this is more common. But even Mahidol relies on a government scheme for Thai students. https://muic.mahidol.ac.th/eng/student-life/student-services/health-service/ I guess I should not have assumed that the OP was referring to primary/secondary school where school-provided medical insurance is rare.

What is it that the insurers said they don't offer? Cover specifically for students or medical cover in general? Not all non-life insurers offer medical insurance, and life insurers may not be keen to offer group cover for minors. Did you approach any medical insurers with your request?

Does anyone have experience with any dog boarding service in Bangkok? We will be traveling for several weeks and need to find a good pet hotel for our dog.