U.S. Customs and Border Protection insist the traveler was refused entry to the United States due to “admitted drug use.” ...

Per @bladetnordlys, a Norwegian newspaper, 21-year-old tourist Mads Mikkelsen* was arrested, threatened with a $5000 fine if he didn’t unlock his phone and refused entry to the US because of a JD ...

Mads Mikkelsen, 21, claims he was pressured into granting access to his phone at Newark Airport. Agents then uncovered a popular meme of the vice president.

The Trump Administration said reports a man was denied entry over a J.D. Vance meme on his phone are false, but tourists have ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed they actually refused the man entry because of “admitted drug use.” ...

Mads Mikkelsen from Norway told Hyperallergic that he was mistreated by border agents and accused of possessing drug paraphernalia.

A Norwegian tourist has alleged that he was denied entry into the United States after ICE agents found a JD Vance meme on his phone. On June 11, Mads Mikkelsen, 21, landed at Newark Airport in New ...

A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry after U.S. border authorities found a meme of JD Vance on his phone, but DHS ...

"Dangerous Extremist Propaganda": How A Bald JD Vance Meme Got Tourist Banned From US A 21-year-old Norwegian tourist called Mads Mikkelsen was detained by the US Customs and Border Protection ...

Mads Mikkelsen, 21, was travelling to the United States to visit friends in New York and Texas but was instead met with 'harassment and abuse of power' ...

In late June 2025, social media exploded with a rumor that a tourist from Norway, 21-year-old Mads Mikkelsen, was denied entry to the United States due to a meme on his phone poking fun at U.S ...

A Norwegian traveller has claimed he was denied entry into the United States after immigration agents found a meme of Vice President JD Vance on his phone. As his accusations went viral, the US ...