# @hyperallergic on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLidpXkNpVY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33969916-hyperallergic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-30T20:33:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

## Caption

Mads Mikkelsen, a 21-year-old from Norway, was denied entry to the United States earlier this month after immigration officers uncovered a popular meme featuring a chubby, bald Vice President JD Vance on his phone.

In an interview, Mikkelsen told Hyperallergic that he arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 11 from Norway for a two-month vacation. While in line for passport control at the New Jersey airport, Mikkelsen said he noticed two individuals wearing civilian clothes eyeing him. When he stepped up to show his passport, the officer asked him if he had any meat in his suitcase. Mikkelsen had brought a cured sausage as a housewarming gift and the passport officer asked him to forfeit it, which he said wasn’t a problem. At that point, Mikkelsen said, the plainclothes men, who later revealed themselves to be ICE agents, took him to an armored room, presumably to dispose of the sausage. 

Mikkelsen said the ICE agents then asked him if he planned to commit acts of domestic terrorism, whether he was part of any extremist groups, and if he planned to smuggle narcotics into the country. After answering “no” to these questions, Mikkelsen said the officers asked to do a standard check of his phone. 

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The JD Vance meme that piqued the interest of immigration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport (image courtesy Mads Mikkelsen) 

#JDVance #Meme #MadsMikkelsen #ICE

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ice, jdvance, madsmikkelsen, meme

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