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Couple detained on honeymoon ‘because the groom is Muslim’ (Trump's fault!!!)
U.K. Metro ^ | 7/25/2017 | Ashitha Nagesh

Posted on 12/29/2017 1:31:15 PM PST by simpson96

A newlywed couple’s honeymoon was ruined after they were detained in a US airport for 26 hours and then deported, apparently because the groom was Muslim.

Natasha Politakis, 29, and her new husband Ali Gul, 32, paid £7,000 for their dream two-week trip to LA, Hawaii and Las Vegas – and were naturally really looking forward to it.

But they ended up having to spend more than a day in LAX airport in Los Angeles, before being refused entry entirely and flown back to the UK.

While in the detention centre, they were refused a shower and had all of their possessions confiscated. They were only given their phones back when they were back on British soil.

When they tried to find out why they were detained, officials handcuffed them and marched them onto a flight back to London.

Although they were never told why they were denied entry, Natasha suspects it was because of her husband’s Turkish name and origin. Ali is British, however, and holds a British passport.

‘I am in utter shock that this has happened,’ she said. ‘We had just got married, we were on our way to our honeymoon as excited as anything, and never expected that we would be deported.

‘We were treated like criminals and we had all the relevant documentation and answered all their questions. ‘It’s not OK to treat people like that. As far as we knew before we left everything was fine, but as soon as we got there they wouldn’t let us in. ‘We believe that since Trump was elected, they took one look at his name, thought he was Muslim and didn’t let him in.’


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KEYWORDS: sumtingwong; ufuk
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To: simpson96

Is this just their side of the story ?


21 posted on 12/29/2017 1:42:05 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: freedumb2003

> I gotta admit — she’s pretty hot. <

That’s only temporary. Check back after her husband has beat her for various offenses. And remember, acid attacks are not out of the question.

Muslim man, before marriage: “I will make you my princess.”
Muslim man, after marriage: “You whore! Take this. And this. And this.”


22 posted on 12/29/2017 1:46:41 PM PST by Leaning Right
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To: simpson96

We should Shut Down All Tourism from Europe now that are fully infiltrated with terrorists.


23 posted on 12/29/2017 1:46:51 PM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: Kirkwood

As I keep reading the report, the name keeps seeming to be;

Ali Gul Ufuk (illegal you f**k)

Is this some kind of weird joke for getting press time?


24 posted on 12/29/2017 1:47:14 PM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: Kirkwood

“Ufuk Gul... LOL.”

Is that his name or what he did on his honeymoon?


25 posted on 12/29/2017 1:54:21 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: hsmomx3

Some stories just write themselves.
Ufuk Gul


26 posted on 12/29/2017 1:55:16 PM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: simpson96

The Daily Mail has more detail. If I’m understanding this correctly, he applied for a 90 day ESTA visa, but received a 10 year business visa instead that he should not have had.

The wife was rejected on INA 217 grounds—the travel ban.

They were handcuffed for ‘trying to find out what was going on’. I will leave that to your imaginations.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4728222/Couple-dream-honeymoon-thrown-detention-centre.html


27 posted on 12/29/2017 1:59:16 PM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: simpson96

Good


28 posted on 12/29/2017 2:04:51 PM PST by sdthree
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To: null and void

Yes!!


29 posted on 12/29/2017 2:09:34 PM PST by hsmomx3
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To: ptsal

They sure do....this takes the cake today!!


30 posted on 12/29/2017 2:10:15 PM PST by hsmomx3
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To: hsmomx3
His “given” name on that passport, UFUK?????? Hmmm...

Were the pilot's names Ho Lee Fuk, Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, and Bing Dang Ow?

31 posted on 12/29/2017 2:32:16 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

But it will be for he own good so she doesn’t start thinking she has rights or something.


32 posted on 12/29/2017 2:32:56 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: hsmomx3

Lived and worked in Ankara Turkey while on active duty. Every time we came back via the airport, we passed the gigantic sign for UFUK University on the highway. Always wanted one of their shirts.


33 posted on 12/29/2017 2:37:42 PM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: freedumb2003; Leaning Right
I gotta admit — she’s pretty hot.

Consider another angle.


34 posted on 12/29/2017 3:12:29 PM PST by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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To: C210N

Now I’ve got AC/DC songs in my head:

“Whole lotta rosie!”


35 posted on 12/29/2017 3:14:57 PM PST by RinaseaofDs (Truth, in a time of universal deceit, is courage)
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To: C210N

She eats any of that cake she will be an event horizon as well as a bride!


36 posted on 12/29/2017 3:16:38 PM PST by Reily
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To: simpson96

Good. Detain some more and send them packing. Bet there’s more to this story, like his various cousins were already here on expired visas.


37 posted on 12/29/2017 3:24:07 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I was going to say it won’t be long before she will experience what other women have experienced when they’ve married muslim men....Too stupid to run, I guess!


38 posted on 12/29/2017 3:45:39 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: simpson96

Makes me cringe......


39 posted on 12/29/2017 3:46:14 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: simpson96

“An immigration officer is authorized to revoke a valid visa by physically canceling it in accordance with the procedure described in paragraph (d) of this section if:”

“The alien is notified pursuant to INA 235 by an immigration officer at a port of entry that the alien appears to be inadmissible to the United States, and the alien requests and is granted permission to withdraw the application for admission”


40 posted on 12/29/2017 3:52:03 PM PST by PAR35
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