Maybe these detentions regularly happened in the past and weren't reported but I feel travel to the USA is going to be more and more unpredictable and potentially unpleasant if your face doesn't fit.
German tourist held in US detention for 8 weeks and now a British tourist also detained at border with Canada - I believe due to a visa mistake. Reports of a 2nd German tourist being held now in separate case.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-immigration-crackdown-hits-tourists-german-woman-locked-ice-detention-no-charges-1731607
from Bluesky:
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
Our daughter Becky, a 28-year-old British tourist, has been caught up in the recent immigration crackdown in the US. What was meant to be a life-changing four-month backpacking trip across North America has turned into a nightmare.
Despite being a tourist with no criminal record, she was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Tacoma, Washington.
Becky’s current conditions are deeply concerning. She is sharing a cell, surviving on a diet of cold rice, potatoes, and beans (she is vegan), and has limited access to phone calls. Visitors are restricted to speaking through a glass screen via telephone.
All her possessions have been confiscated, and she feels isolated and desperate to come home.