Canada, Europe Issue Travel Advisories After Tourists Detained in US | Truthout
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Countries have advised transgender and nonbinary travelers to exercise additional caution when planning trips to the US.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/31586935

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“We have seen too many stories of citizens being pulled out of airport lines, and being fingerprinted and deported, as if they were criminals. Citizens being kidnapped to illegal detention by ICE…this is not the actions of a Democratic nation,” said Charlie Angus, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party.

While the exact number of travelers from Europe and Canada who have been detained or deported by U.S. immigration authorities remains unknown, several cases have made headlines. German tourist Lucas Sielaff was detained for 16 days after returning from a trip to Mexico. “Nobody is safe there anymore to come to America as a tourist,” said Sielaff, who was on a 90-day U.S. tourist permit and engaged to an American citizen.

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  • Arkouda@lemmy.ca
    10·
    19 hours ago

    Regardless of the sensational headline, you shouldn’t vacation in a country you are at war with and it is ridiculous that people thought entering a hostile nation openly saying what will happen if you do was a good idea.

  • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    20 hours ago

    I recently started looking into these news articles saying that countries are issuing travel warnings against the US.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-beefs-up-travel-warnings-over-us-border-enforcement-2025-03-20/

    UK issues travel warning…

    this is untrue. No warnings exist from the UK govt

    https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa

    If you read the articles, they simply updated the page about visa requirements to use stronger language about following visa rules.

    Lets stop giving these MAGA people more ammo for shouting “FAKE NEWS” with these sensationalist headlines

    Personally, i feel it is risky to travel to the US right, BUT AFAIK no country has issued an official travel warning to their citizens against travelling to the US

      • 60d@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        20 hours ago

        Thank you! Just adding a blurb about their 30-day restriction is not enough for Canadians, or anyone else, to avoid imprisonment!

        We still show level green, but it should be at least yellow.

    • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
      2·
      20 hours ago

      I fully agree. These are advisories, not warnings, though. Many countries (like Germany) even explicitly said that their new advice does not mean to be a warning. I am not an expert for this, so please just let me know if I am mistaken, but as far as I understand, the Truthout article seems to be accurate in its wording.