Border Crossing Incidents
Lucas Sielaff, a German tourist, was detained for violating his 90-day U.S. tourist permit after returning from , spending 16 days in a U.S. immigration detention center.
Similar cases involve a Welsh backpacker and a Canadian woman, highlighting a troubling pattern of detaining tourists from and at U.S. borders.
Responses and Implications
of the criticizes the detentions as unjustified and indicative of a heightened anti-immigrant atmosphere.
The Trump administration's evolving travel policies and preparations for a travel ban contribute to anxiety among foreign-born students and staff, prompting warnings from institutions like .