Travel Advisories They Are A-Changing And Now No One’s Coming.

Considering I find this disturbing, I thought you folks might like to hear about it. Multiple countries, list to follow, have started considering travel to the US is like traveling to a hostile country. As the Trump administration cracks down on immigration enforcement, foreign nationals are being warned they could run into problems if they fail to follow American entry rules. They are advised to register if they plan to stay for more than 30 days. But it’s not that easy. Things go wrong at the drop of a hat even before it hits the ground. Shifting immigration rules makes it hard to know what the right thing to do is.

For example: A Canadian woman named Jasmine Mooney, who explained she felt like she had been “kidnapped”, after being detained earlier this month, after she applied for a visa at the U.S.-Mexico border. Or German national Fabian Schmidt is currently being held at a Rhode Island detention center since being stopped at Boston Logan International Airport on March 7, while tattoo artist Jessica Brösche has spent over a month awaiting deportation at the Otay Mesa Detention Facility in San Diego. Fabian had a valid green card and has been living in the US since 2008. Let me just say I won’t go into what happened to Fabian while he has been there. That doesn’t belong in the US!

And I promised a list, so here’s what we know so far. Some have more specifics than others.

Canada: The Canadian government updated its travel advice for people planning to travel south of the border. The update indicated visitors are required to register with the U.S. government if they plan to stay in the country for longer than 30 days. “Failure to comply with the registration requirement could result in penalties, fines and misdemeanor prosecution,” the travel advisory noted, adding people can check the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website to see if they must register and how they can do so.

U.K.: Travellers are being warned to comply with all conditions of entry to the U.S., otherwise they risk being arrested or detained if they break the rules.

Germany: Germans aren’t guaranteed entry to the U.S., even with a visa or entry waiver, with a travel advisory being issued after several people from Germany were detained.

Denmark: The country warns people who identify as transgender to contact the American embassy in Copenhagen before travelling to the U.S.

Finland: Similar to Denmark, Finland has issued a warning for transgender travellers planning to head to the U.S.

This is disheartening. I would say that these countries wouldn’t be too thrilled to have an American come to them either. I wanted to go see friends in the UK again, but my speech patterns would instantly brand me and I don’t think I would be treated well, and it might not even be conscious. I expect more countries to be adding us to that list. Well, except Russia. I think travel advisories may soon change to travel warnings. What a sad state of affairs.

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