Canada has added a new travel advisory for its citizens entering the United States, amid a U.S. crackdown on immigration that has detained at least one Canadian.
Several European countries, including Germany and the United Kingdom, have also updated travel advisories for the U.S. in response to increasingly harsh immigration law enforcement or the detention of their citizens.
“Canadians and other foreign nationals visiting the United States for periods longer than 30 days must be registered with the United States Government,” the Canadian government’s travel advisory website now says.
“Failure to comply with the registration requirement could result in penalties, fines, and misdemeanor prosecution.”
An executive order from United States President Donald Trump in January would require foreign nationals aged 14 or older to register with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, beginning on 11 April. While a similar law had been in effect since 1952, it had not been enforced against Canadian travellers.
Around 20% of preexisting leisure trips to the U.S. from Canada have been cancelled in the past three months, according to Flight Centre Travel Group Canada. Bookings to the U.S. by Canadian travellers declined by 40% year-over-year in February.
The advisory also comes after Canadian citizen Jasmine Mooney was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for two weeks earlier this month. ICE terminated Mooney’s visa application process and sent her to a federal prison in San Diego, after revoking her previous visa for attempting to enter the U.S. from Mexico.
Germany similarly updated its travel advisories last week, adding that a visa or entry waiver does not guarantee German citizens will be allowed to enter the country.
Four German citizens, including a permanent resident in the U.S., have recently been detained by ICE for multiple weeks on unclear charges.
The U.K., France, Denmark, and Finland have additionally added new travel advisories for the U.S. Several of these updated advisories, including those from France and Germany, also warn transgender travellers of a U.S. executive order from January that demands visa applicants indicate “sex at birth”.
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