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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I’m glad the bum was denied admission. What a moron both must be.
If he had a UK passport, he didn’t need a visa for a brief honeymoon visit. I don’t do immigration, but it is my recollection that you have to have a justification for a 10 year visa like he was holding. His answers to the routine questions probably didn’t match the application.
LOLOL!!! Too funny.
Ah.
Camera angle is everything isn’t it? LOL — it looks like someone Photoshopped her head onto a manatee in a wedding dress.
Some guys like some heft but I am not one of them.
His brothers:
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He’s probably part of Hezbollah
Visa was given in Feb of 2017. When I travelled visas were usually given for six months or less
Should have been re-routed to Gitmo.
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