Germany and Britain issue warnings about traveling to America

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Source: The Independent

Friday 21 March 2025 02:26 EDT


Britain and Germany have issued new warnings to their citizens about traveling to the U.S. in the wake of some visitors’ horrifying experiences coming to the country in the shadow of Donald Trump’s crackdown. Britain recently revised its advice for citizens heading to the U.S., which includes a warning that anyone found breaking the country’s entry rules could face arrest or detention, and that laws are “strictly” enforced, Reuters reported.

Germany, too, on Wednesday updated its travel advisory to the U.S. to emphasize that a visa or entry waiver does not guarantee entry to the country after several Germans were recently detained at the border. Updated British advice for travelers to America warns: "You should comply with all entry, visa and other conditions of entry. The authorities in the U.S. set and enforce entry rules strictly. You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules."

Rebecca Burke, a 28-year-old graphic artist from Britain. was held for 19 days in a U.S. facility when she tried to enter the country, even though she believed she had followed the correct procedure. She was finally put on a plane home in chains on Tuesday, “like Hannibal Lecter,” said her angry father. Media coverage of such stories, warnings from countries outside the U.S., Trump’s tariffs and his ugly rhetoric denigrating other nations is hurting American tourism, say industry experts.

Trump said in a Fox News interview Wednesday that the European Union was created to “screw” the U.S. and that the EU has “raped and pillaged” America. The resulting dip in tourism to the U.S. from all other nations is expected to sink at least 5 percent, costing America some $64 billion in 2025, according to a report late last month by investment advisory group Tourism Economics.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/germany-britain-travel-warning-us-b2719167.html

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So Britain has joined in.

REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143421821

And example for why - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143422654

[claudette]

1. I wouldn't want to

visit America either. Not while the orange felon is in the WH.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Trump keeps loving stupid people

By lying that the EU has raped and pillaged America. All of a sudden our neighbors hate England and France. Never had a recent to before. If trump told the truth, was kind to people and actually knew what love was would he survive in a civilized world?

[RazorbackExpat]

3. Every day it's just bullshit piled on top of bullshit

And nobody seems to be able to stop this shit. Just like in the early Dubya days. At least in the early Dubya days, Senator Jim Jeffords made the bold move to leave the Republicans and caucus with the Democrats to at least slow the Bush juggernaut

[CTyankee]

4. I am glad I traveled so much this past year and have seen the art I wanted to see...

I got to go to Malta and was able to see two Caravaggio paintings I had long wanted to see in person. At my advanced age, I would never have seen them if not then. I arranged it through a travel agent when we went on a sea voyage that departed from Malta.

[SunSeeker]

5. I can't believe what ICE did to poor Rebecca Burke.

‘She Is Not Hannibal’: Dad Details Horrific Way British Backpacker Daughter Was Treated By ICE

The father of a British backpacker who was detained for 19 days by U.S. immigration officials at the U.S.-Canada border has slammed the “punitive treatment” his daughter endured before being deported.

Rebecca Burke, 28, from Wales, was taken from the detention facility to the airport ready for her deportation in leg chains, waist chains and handcuffs, her father, Paul Burke, told the BBC on Thursday. Watch the interview here.

“She is not Hannibal Lecter,” he said of his daughter, comparing the restraint measures used on her to those used on the fictional cannibalistic serial killer played by Anthony Hopkins in “The Silence of the Lambs.”

Burke criticized the lack of official communication, saying he only learned of his daughter’s imminent deportation through a telephone call from one of her fellow detainees.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tourist-detained-conditions_n_67dd48cbe4b057e79d07a91e