I was deported by the U.S. for reporting on the Columbia University student protests
The US Government reads this blog.
As many of you know, I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA at the end of last week because of my writing here on Substack.
The guards just came out and said it: “We both know why you’ve been detained…it’s because of what you wrote about the protests at Columbia”.
Their targeting of me led to two interrogations, 12 hours of detention, and eventually my removal from the country.
Over the last few days I’ve been inundated with media inquiries, kind messages, and hate mail. I’ve worked hard to be fully forthcoming with my story, which includes admission of drug use and a humiliating end to my privacy. You can now read my full account in The New Yorker.
I'm so ashamed of the US. My deepest apologies for what has happened to you. You deserve better.
I am stunned senseless. I’ve seen many Australians in my field decline invitations to appear at conferences in the U.S. due to feeling unsafe and wrongly assumed it was out of an abundance of caution.