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Britain Issues Travel Warning for US

20 points by nickcotter 2y ago

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rednafi 2y ago
As a legal alien, I welcome the idea of cracking down on illegal immigrants. At the same time, I’ve seen many businesses in the U.S. run sweatshops and profit off desperate people willing to work for trinkets. Asylum seekers are another huge problem. I personally know several distant relatives who are illegally seeking asylum in the U.S., Germany, Italy, and France. This is unfortunate for those who genuinely need these permits. But at the same time, cracking down on this is paramount to reducing government spending, as many of these people don’t contribute back to society and plan to live off benefit payments. That being said, the U.S.’s indiscriminate belligerence toward everyone is making other nations wary. More people from the U.S. travel to the rest of the world than the other way around. If Europe and Asia start imposing travel bans in retaliation, it would make the world segregated again, benefiting no one.
- ujkhsjkdhf234 2y ago
  You are daft if you still think this is about government spending. Trump's newest target is the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is 0.0046% of government spending.
  - dzhiurgis 2y ago
    Everything is 0.000n% of government spending...
    - ujkhsjkdhf234 2y ago
      This is just not true and can be easily fact checked. Defense is 20% of spending for example.
      - dzhiurgis 2y ago
        "Defense" is not a monolith that you think it is
        ujkhsjkdhf234 2y ago
        Defense is not a monolith but if you zoom in, the percentages are still bigger than 1%.
- dc396 2y ago
  > But at the same time, cracking down on this is paramount to reducing government spending, as many of these people don’t contribute back to society and plan to live off benefit payments. https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-pay-more-than-their-fair-share-of-taxes/ https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-pay-more-than-their...
tromp 2y ago
A 28 yo UK citizien was travelling on a tourist visa while planning to stay with a host family in Washington where she could carry out chores in return for accommodation, which requires a work visa. Of course, few people would expect to be put in a detention center for 3 weeks for such a violation.
onnnon 2y ago
This article is based on the text change on the gov.uk website from: "The authorities in the US set and enforce entry rules." to... "You should comply with all entry, visa and other conditions of entry. The authorities in the US set and enforce entry rules strictly. You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules." https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/entry-requirements https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/entry-requireme...

20 points by nickcotter 2y ago

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As a legal alien, I welcome the idea of cracking down on illegal immigrants. At the same time, I’ve seen many businesses in the U.S. run sweatshops and profit off desperate people willing to work for trinkets. Asylum seekers are another huge problem. I personally know several distant relatives who are illegally seeking asylum in the U.S., Germany, Italy, and France. This is unfortunate for those who genuinely need these permits. But at the same time, cracking down on this is paramount to reducing government spending, as many of these people don’t contribute back to society and plan to live off benefit payments. That being said, the U.S.’s indiscriminate belligerence toward everyone is making other nations wary. More people from the U.S. travel to the rest of the world than the other way around. If Europe and Asia start imposing travel bans in retaliation, it would make the world segregated again, benefiting no one.

ujkhsjkdhf234 2y ago
You are daft if you still think this is about government spending. Trump's newest target is the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is 0.0046% of government spending.
- dzhiurgis 2y ago
  Everything is 0.000n% of government spending...
  - ujkhsjkdhf234 2y ago
    This is just not true and can be easily fact checked. Defense is 20% of spending for example.
    - dzhiurgis 2y ago
      "Defense" is not a monolith that you think it is
      - ujkhsjkdhf234 2y ago
        Defense is not a monolith but if you zoom in, the percentages are still bigger than 1%.
dc396 2y ago
> But at the same time, cracking down on this is paramount to reducing government spending, as many of these people don’t contribute back to society and plan to live off benefit payments. https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-pay-more-than-their-fair-share-of-taxes/ https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-pay-more-than-their...

tromp 2y ago

A 28 yo UK citizien was travelling on a tourist visa while planning to stay with a host family in Washington where she could carry out chores in return for accommodation, which requires a work visa. Of course, few people would expect to be put in a detention center for 3 weeks for such a violation.

onnnon 2y ago

This article is based on the text change on the gov.uk website from: "The authorities in the US set and enforce entry rules." to... "You should comply with all entry, visa and other conditions of entry. The authorities in the US set and enforce entry rules strictly. You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules." https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/entry-requirements https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/entry-requireme...