Neil Young ‘may be barred’ from entering U.S. over Trump comments

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Toronto-born musician Neil Young, also a U.S. citizen, said he was “probably banned” from entering the United States about his comments about President Donald Trump.

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In a post on his website Tuesday, the singer songwriter will be touring Europe this summer. “When I play music in Europe, if I talk about Donald J. Trump, I might be one of the people who have returned to the United States, banned or jailed, sleeping on concrete floors with aluminum blankets hanging on it,” he said.

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He continued: “Yes, if you say something bad to Trump or his administration, you might be banned from reentering the U.S. if you are Canadian. If you are a dual citizen like me, who knows? We will all find this together.”

This is not the first time that Young criticized Trump. Billboard reported that after becoming a U.S. citizen in 2020, he also wrote an open letter to Trump, which was also posted on his website. He called Trump a “shame.” Prior to that, in 2015, the young condemned Trump’s use of the song “Free World” by the then-presidential candidate who announced his intention to run.

“If the fact that Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of our great nation can stop me from coming back, what does that say to freedom? I love America and its people and its music and its culture,” Young’s Tuesday post said.

The post mentioned the detention and deportation of travelers who arrived in the United States recently.

In March, Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a professor at Brown University School of Medicine, returned to the United States after visiting his family and was deported back to Lebanon, according to NBC News. Despite her valid visa, she was allegedly detained at the Logan International Airport in Boston for nearly two days. The Department of Homeland Security said Alawi admitted to attending the funeral of Hezbollah leaders.

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CNN reported that the French government also said that the French government was also denied entry into the United States after U.S. authorities found information about Trump on the phone. A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security called the allegation “blatant falsehood” and said the researchers were denied entry because he “broken the non-disclosure agreement.”

In a March 19 Facebook post, Alvin Gibbs, a member of British rock band UK Subs, said some members of the band were denied entry into the United States. According to The Guardian, the band is “blunt” to Trump. Gibbs said he was told he had “not had the right visa.”

Young said people who “freedom speak out” are “vulnerable now” due to the latest U.S. government action.

He concluded his post, saying, “A country, indivisible, has freedom and freedom. Remember? I did.”

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