Are you wary of travelling to USA currently?

We’re going in a couple of weeks. Part work, park family visit. Slightly nervous to say the least. Feels like they could pull anything right now.

We didn’t book the flight tickets, as we were waiting for my daughter’s exam results and was in the middle of a family emergency.
we had all the national park reservations with free cancellation. Hotel reservations were the same, so didn’t loose any money.
we generally book everything ourselves and always look for cancellation policy before doing so. Understand that if you are going to loose thousands of pounds, it’s difficult.
We love going to US and was really looking forward to it.

@ProfessorLayton1 Which companies don’t ask for a deposit? Ours was a lot so we are going and we had already paid for the flights. There’s plans and then there’s £thousands down the pan.

We just cancelled our holiday to US, I don’t think we will go when this administration is in charge.
we went during DT s first term and did not have any issues but this term, it all looks very unhinged !
Luckily, we won’t loose any money and we will go somewhere in Europe/ Canada this year.

That is possible but doubt it would affect tourists overly much, you'd just come home early. People are still going to America and coming back in one piece. My son will be going there in a few weeks to work for a couple of months, in various states, he does every year. He cannot stand the organge man but manages to get home unscathed.

If you want to go, go.

As a heterosexual, sexually-active woman, I wouldn’t go to any state with mad abortion legislation. All too easy to die if a miscarriage if that’s the reading of the abortion law that the hospital you happen to end up takes.

In fact I have a friend who had a complicated miscarriage at 14 weeks, but then bled a lot when some of the products of conception got stuck in her cervix . Had she been somewhere with no-abortion-at-any-point or no-abortion-after-X-weeks where they strive to save the life of the “baby” over that of the woman, she would have bled to death.

Not much of a prospect- however unlikely it is- just to have a chance to eat 48 flavours of Oreo.

The entrance is in US, there's a footpath around which Canadians patrons used. Now they are making their own entrance, whether they ll be allowed in the US 'side' inside is the next question I guess

I have family in Canada, beautiful place, Would never travel to USA really dont appeal. Shame more people don't venture to Canada, it's vast outstanding beauty and Canadians lovley .

It’s very rare to revoke a green card. Is immigration can be chaotic and heavy handed but no point making stuff up

Yeah sure. She was just carrying bout expensive and heavy equipment used for her job for fun. She wasn’t working

Well.... Canada and US do not have a fenced border....
Do you want them to have another wall? Like the Berlin wall?

The town is just in the border, half half, as many other places. It is quite common in Europe, by the way. The town was there before someone drew a line on a map

Obviously detention centers are funded per inmate!

Border controls are fair enough really. People in the us really don’t want such a high level of illegal migration

Why is a library on the border anyway? Surely the existing entrance has to be either in the US or in Canada? Otherwise there is no border.

I hope not but i really don’t think so. We are going in the summer as we have family there. I don’t think there’s any issue with trump and LGB.

Lots of countries have politicians I don’t agree with. It wouldn’t put me off unless there was actual danger

I just watched a video in youtube about a library that sits in the border between US and Canada and now US wants separare entrance and sections for each country..
Has anyone heard of this madness?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/canada-cross-border-library
It has to be true because proper newspapers do have it reported too.
I just cannot bieve this!

Meant to say ICe detention centres. Apologies. Most of them are privately owned and run as businesses.

I have to go as my dad is American. Al I expect to have changed is the loss of that polite interest r.e being British, replaced with maybe a go home vibe. But really, that started to come in 6 years ago or so.

ICE is a government agency funded by congressional appropriation, just like all other government agencies.

Where did you come across this nonsense?

How convenient, your friend told you today that her hairdresser was asked by MAGA just int Jen for you to post on mumsnet 😂

As it has transpired recently ICE is paid by the government for each person detained- so more people detained and for longer, the better for ICE. Zero motivation to get to the bottom of issues and to release people.

I agree, it is unbelievable. Like a dream you are trying to wake up from.

A friend went recently and was pulled aside (Canadian). They were told that now they have new AI that goes through all the entries, visa/ESTA applications, anything US entry related for each person that highlights even the smallest hiccup from the past. I am reluctant to go with my family as the current administration has proven in the past that children can be separated from their parents while they process/resolve whatever mistake/ issue they may think there is for weeks or however long it takes and I’m not willing to take this risk.

I would not go.
There has been enough people handcuffed and detained for a little mistake on a piece of paper. Including a welsh young woman. Her case is mentioned on this article.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/25/dont-visit-the-us-it-just-isnt-worth-the-risks-right-now