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Trump’s Authoritarian Detainment & Deportation of Tourists & Travelers

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Image: Jasmine Mooney, the Canadian actress who was detained by ICE for 12 days after her visa application was flagged.

March 19.   Jasmine Mooney: I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped. I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky.

March 21.   Julie Watson: U.S. detention of European and Canadian tourists creates fear over traveling to America.

March 21.   The New York Times: As Trump Broadens Crackdown, Focus Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists:U.S. border officials are using more aggressive tactics at ports of entry as the administration scrutinizes green card and visa holders who have expressed opposition to its policies.

March 24.   Zane McNeill: Canada, Europe Issue Travel Advisories After Tourists Detained in US: Countries have advised transgender and nonbinary travelers to exercise additional caution when planning trips to the US.

March 26.   Ceylan Yeğinsu: ‘Trump Slump’ Looms as Foreign Visitors Rethink Travel to U.S.: A growing number of travelers say they are worried about feeling unwelcome or unsafe in America and are reluctant to support the economy of a country that may be destabilizing other nations.

April 21.   Richard Pollina: German teens traveling to US jailed and booted after loosely planned vacation deemed ‘suspicious.’

April 22.   Zoe Williams: Why a holiday in the US is out of the question.

May 14.   Adrian Horton: Lord Buffalo drummer removed from plane and detained by US border control.