Though Canada has not issued any travel advisory against visiting the United States, Canadian lawmaker Charlie Angus issued a warning against travelling to the US as he claimed that Canadian citizens are being kidnapped by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents. “We have seen too many stories of citizens being pulled out of airport lines, and being fingerprinted and deported, as if they were criminals. Citizens being kidnapped to illegal detention by ICE…this is not the actions of a Democratic nation,” New Democratic Party’s leader said. While Canada and US have locked horns in a tariff war, the travel warning coincides with the Trump administration’s border crackdown.
“Canada will never kiss that gangster’s ring. We are truth, we are north, we are strong, we are free, we will not bend, and we will not give an inch,” Angus said in a press conference.
Canadian actor Jasmine Mooney who starred in an American Pie video said she was put in chains when she went to renew her visa at the San Ysidro border crossing. She said she was told that she was in the wrong place and that she should have gone to a US consulate. After some to and fro, she was put into ICE custody as she failed to explain to the officers that she was not trying to enter the US illegally. After 12 days of detention, she was finally released and allowed to fly back to Canada.
In a massive crackdown on illegal immigrants, the Trump administration has been on an arrest spree. The arrest of two green card holders, Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri, created ripples as the administration is planning to deport them. Around 200 members of Venezuela’s notorious prison gang Tren de Aragua have been sent to El Salvador, though according to claims some among them are not gang members.
UK issues new travel advice for citizens going to US
The UK government’s “foreign travel advice” for the US warns travelers to “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.”
