Overview

• On her podcast “The Ex Files,” Amanpour said she prepared for US entry like a trip to North Korea, expressing fear of intensified scrutiny of non-citizens
• She boarded her flight with only a burner phone containing a handful of contacts and no other electronics after consulting CNN security
• Amanpour recounted hearing that British and other foreign travelers were being detained and questioned for hours at US ports of entry
• Her own border crossing in Boston proved uneventful, with an immigration officer she described as “very nice”
• The episode premiered just hours before President Trump signed orders barring citizens of 12 countries and restricting visitors from seven more