Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes

Caitlin Cassidy - TheGuardian - 11/04
Alice Fraser thought she was being paranoid until her lawyer advised her jokes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk could be scrutinised at US airport

An award-winning Australian comedian has cancelled a planned trip to the US after receiving legal advice that she could be stopped at the border due to her previous jokes about the Trump administration.

Alice Fraser, who has appeared on Australia’s ABC and the BBC and toured internationally, was due to head to New York in the first week of May to promote her recently published book.

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She planned to apply for an O-1B visa, which permits comedians to live and work in the US if they demonstrate “extraordinary ability” in the arts. But after widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US and travellers being detained, Fraser sought a...
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