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The story of this one French guy being turned back at the border (out of millions of travellers) is what people see: - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025

by YZF 1y ago

The story of this one French guy being turned back at the border (out of millions of travellers) is what people see: - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-f... There were a few other stories that made the news like a British citizen that was prevented entry to Canada and then arrested trying to return to the US (who wanted to work illegally in Canada but admittedly treated very badly by the Americans). - https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-march-2025-monthly-update https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-rele... "Claims that CBP is searching more electronic media due to the administration change are false. CBP’s search numbers are consistent with increases since 2021, and less than 0.01% of travelers have their devices searched. These searches are conducted to detect digital contraband, terrorism-related content, and information relevant to visitor admissibility, all of which play a critical role in national security." - https://www.trade.gov/feature-article/march-2025-air-passenger-travel https://www.trade.gov/feature-article/march-2025-air-passeng... "Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled: 4.541 million in March 2025, down 9.7 percent compared to March 2024. This represents 87.3 percent of pre-pandemic March 2019 volume." It's true that there is real confusion and fear. I have coworkers (I work for a large US company with offices all over the world) that share worries. This includes people with green cards, other working visas, and foreign visitors. There's plenty of travel and zero issues. People are worried is true. In Canada there we also have a lot of people with strong feelings/emotional response to Trump's 51st state nonsense and tariffs. There is a real feeling of betrayal. There are practically zero issues with Canadians traveling to the US. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250522/dq250522c-eng.htm https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250522/dq250... "In March, Canadian residents returned from 2.7 million trips to the United States, representing a 24.0% decrease from March 2024 and accounting for 63.9% of all trips taken by Canadian residents in March 2025. Meanwhile, US residents took 1.2 million trips to Canada in March, down 6.6% from March 2024 and representing 81.3% of all non-resident trips to Canada in March 2025. " Basically the worries are real, fueled to a large extent by these sorts of articles, and in my opinion politically motivated (and I don't like Trump either) but the likelihood of running into problems is small and unclear if larger than it ever was.

assimpleaspossi 1y ago
>>Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled: 4.541 million in March 2025 And these educated scientists are afraid.
dennis_jeeves2 1y ago
> but the likelihood of running into problems is small and unclear if larger than it ever was. very true based on my own observation. Source: I and many acquaintances I've know have crossed the border multiple times. It's completely the media.
- tim333 1y ago
  If people are put off by the media reporting Trump's anti foreigner rhetoric and actions is that the media's fault? This week for example "Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status" and 50% tariffs on the EU because why not.
  - dennis_jeeves2 1y ago
    >actions is that the media's fault? Fair enough. (more accurately it's the gullible masses )
    - tim333 1y ago
      I guess the masses overreact sometimes.
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tsimionescu 1y ago
> Claims that CBP is searching more electronic media due to the administration change are false. CBP’s search numbers are consistent with increases since 2021, and less than 0.01% of travelers have their devices searched. These searches are conducted to detect digital contraband, terrorism-related content, and information relevant to visitor admissibility, all of which play a critical role in national security. I'm sure the CBP would never dare to lie about such things in a way that potentially puts their egomaniacal boss in a more favorable light than he deserves.

by YZF 1y ago

assimpleaspossi 1y ago

>>Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled: 4.541 million in March 2025 And these educated scientists are afraid.

dennis_jeeves2 1y ago

> but the likelihood of running into problems is small and unclear if larger than it ever was. very true based on my own observation. Source: I and many acquaintances I've know have crossed the border multiple times. It's completely the media.

tim333 1y ago
If people are put off by the media reporting Trump's anti foreigner rhetoric and actions is that the media's fault? This week for example "Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status" and 50% tariffs on the EU because why not.
- dennis_jeeves2 1y ago
  >actions is that the media's fault? Fair enough. (more accurately it's the gullible masses )
  - tim333 1y ago
    I guess the masses overreact sometimes.
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tsimionescu 1y ago

> Claims that CBP is searching more electronic media due to the administration change are false. CBP’s search numbers are consistent with increases since 2021, and less than 0.01% of travelers have their devices searched. These searches are conducted to detect digital contraband, terrorism-related content, and information relevant to visitor admissibility, all of which play a critical role in national security. I'm sure the CBP would never dare to lie about such things in a way that potentially puts their egomaniacal boss in a more favorable light than he deserves.