"The new normal": As Trump pursues mass deportations, tourists land in ICE detention

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"The new normal": As Trump pursues mass deportations, tourists land in ICE detention
In recent weeks, tourists from Germany and the U.K. have found themselves locked up on vacation

By Tatyana Tandanpolie
Staff Reporter
Published March 14, 2025 5:30AM (EDT)


(Salon) Anumber of tourists from European countries have been detained by ICE in recent weeks when attempting to enter the United States, their planned vacations instead turning into long stretches in detention. Experts say their arrests are an apparent escalation in enforcement action as President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown rages on.

In the last month, at least three tourists — two from Germany and one from the United Kingdom — were stopped at a U.S. port of entry and detained for at least two weeks. The latest incident involves 28-year-old Welsh artist Rebecca Burke, who was handcuffed and detained when attempting to re-enter the country in Washington after being turned away by Canadian border officials, according to her father, Paul Burke. In a plea for help on Facebook, he said that his daughter was denied entry into Canada due to "an incorrect visa" and was refused re-entry and classified as an "illegal alien" by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

"Despite being a tourist with no criminal record, she was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Tacoma, Washington,” he wrote in the March 8 post. She has remained in detention since, sharing a cell and "surviving on a diet of cold rice, potatoes, and beans" with limited phone call access and "no clear timeline for her release," he added.

As of March 11, Paul Burke shared in a separate post, her family was working on arranging a return flight to Monmouthshire in Wales pending permission from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Burke could not be reached for comment. ...................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/14/the-new-normal-as-pursues-mass-deportations-tourists-land-in-ice-detention/

[tanyev]

1. Watch Trumpy the Great and Powerful make the international tourism industry disappear in the blink of an eye!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. What businessperson would risk coming to US to invest? Who wants to be a tourist in USA now? . . . . nt