The growing number of US allies has issued a travel warning this week that advises caution for those who want to travel to the United States.
These include Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Finland, and while no consultations are a formal warning against travel, but guidance highlights the growing concern about immigration implementation and the unexpected capacity of border admission, even for those who have the right travel documents.
Newsweek Experts talked about its effects.
Why does it make a difference
Although the United States is a close partner of many European countries, the move to take caution by four governments shows an increase in concern over US immigration and implementation methods.
This comes after a number of border entry events that have occurred in recent weeks, including when a French scientist was denied entry into the United States, while immigration officers were assigned to the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) after searching for his phone. Embroidery Notified.
In addition, British tourist Becky Burke was deported to the United States after 19 days in the US detention facility earlier this month, according to the BBC. US immigration officials detained him despite convincing that he had followed the proper procedure for admission.
What to know?
The UK updated its travel guidance this week for the United States, warning citizens that if they were found in violation of admission rules, they could face detention or deportation.
“You should comply with all entry, visas and other admission terms,” ​​said the UK’s foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Authorities in the United States strictly enforced and enforced the registration rules. If you break the rules, you are responsible for arrest or detention.
Germany updated its travel guidance to the United States this week following the detention of several German citizens by the country’s border officials.
The Foreign Ministry has warned that admission is not guaranteed by possessing correct visas or Esta, and it has been emphasized that border officials have full discretion to refuse access.
On Friday, Denmark joined other US allies to issue the latest travel guidance to the United States, focusing on the concerns of transgender passengers.
The consultation was revised after the LGBT+ Denmark requested a clarification between changes in US policy under President Donald Trump’s administration.
The latest directive notes that US visa applications now need passengers to choose “male” or “women” as their gender, without the third option for those whose passports are listing the “X” position or who has changed their gender.
The ministry advised such persons to contact the US Embassy before the trip.
Following the update, Trump’s executive orders have been followed, following the recognition of non -binary genders and banning transgender people from military services.
Meanwhile, Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also urged passengers to take routine caution when traveling to the United States on Friday.
It has been warned that the correct visas or East do not guarantee admission to the country, and that under the new rules, passengers need to enter the gender assigned to their birth, either as “male” or “women”.
Despite the precautionary measures, the four countries kept a decline in recommendation against the journey, rather than informing the citizens.
What are people saying
Susan Branner Jasperon, head of the Secretariat LGBT+ Denmark, told Radio III: “We are worried that people will be stopped at the airport and refuse to enter, or that they will be exposed to something that is mastered and unpleasant at the airport.”
Professor Paul Statham, a professor of migration at the University of Sussex, UK Newsweek: “For most people (and especially wealthy white people), I do not think that the UK’s home office advice on travel restrictions will be very important on tourism or immigration. Groups that can feel Trump’s rhetoric and policies – especially trans people, less safe and frightened on the border.”
He added: “I think the UK (and Germany) had to update its travel advice on the basis of the Burk case. I suspect they would not like to put it in more and more papers, because they (especially the UK) would not do anything to irritate the Trump administration, hopefully.
Alex Norsta, Vice President of Economic and Social Policy at the Cato Institute, said, Newsweek: “It is unclear how much of these warnings will affect tourism and immigration, but it can only be negative. US customs agents have been abused by travelers – they are ugly, raw and cruel. In the same way, under the Trump administration, CBP officers are just a small change from their routine behavior.
The Lincoln Project, which is a pro -democracy organization in the United States, has more than 2.8 million followers on X, In a post on the platform on Thursday, he wrote: “Our allies are now warning their citizens that traveling to the United States means they are in danger of being arrested illegally. This administration keeps embarrassing us.”
Raheel Batcofer, a political analyst with more than 201,000 followers on X, He wrote on the platform: “As I said about the United States this week, soon when foreign representatives write about the United States, they will” include a country known for human rights abuses. “
Michael J. House, a partners of News Outlet Websigrard 24, wrote in a post on X: “The irony is that countries will issue a travel warning to the United States, selecting crime, rape, mass rape, terrorist attacks. I am a US residence in Poland. Britain and Germany are two countries with which I was avoiding (and I lived in Germany).”
What is the next
It is not yet clear whether these suggestions will affect the travel volume between the United States and Europe or indicate any formal response from US officials.
