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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

The Guardian - UK

Is it safe to travel to the USA? Travel advice after tourists detained in visa crackdown

Changes to immigration policy since the re-election of Trump have increased traveller anxiety surrounding detainment and deportation

The Independent UK

How dream vacations became ‘like a horror movie’ amidst Trump’s border crackdown

Tourists traveling to the Land of the Free are being locked up upon landing. James Liddell has detailed some of the most high-profile cases since President Trump’s return to the White House

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America has been an unwelcoming place for years

Letters: Peter Anderson on why he avoids transit through US airports on his extensive travels. Plus a letter from Bob Sampson

The Guardian - UK

British tourist detained in US due to Trump’s border crackdown says: ‘I was naive’

Rebecca Burke said she thought ‘what was going on at the border’ wouldn’t affect her

The Independent UK

British backpacker detained in US says she was ‘naive’ about border crackdown

Rebecca Burke, who was held in a US detention facility for 19 days said she was ‘naive to think that what was going at the border wouldn’t affect me’.

Evening Standard

‘I was a British tourist trying to leave the US. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre’

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do it

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Tourists are avoiding the USA after Trump’s border crackdown

Reports of harsh treatment or weeks-long detentions by U.S. border agents have alarmed potential visitors across the world

The Independent UK

Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now

Minor visa infractions have seen tourists detained, shackled and deported by overzealous US border staff. There are many more welcoming places to go on holiday, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

It's a bad time to vacation in America

Tourists are cancelling their trips, spooked by recent incidents that suggest the U.S. is not a safe place to be

Salon

‘Traumatic’: British tourist sent home from US in chains after visa error

Rebecca Burke was led on to a plane in chains ‘like Hannibal Lecter’, her father said

The Independent UK

Father of British backpacker issues visa warning after daughter’s ‘trauma’

Rebecca Burke, who returned to the UK on Tuesday, was led on to a plane in chains ‘like Hannibal Lecter’, her father said.

Evening Standard

Sky News Interrupts Broadcast for Urgent Donald Trump Update in Shocking U-Turn

Sky News presenter Jayne Secker interrupted the usual programming with a major update on the fate of British tourist Rebecca Burke.

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German man with green card ‘violently interrogated’ by US border officials

Berlin checking if US immigration policy has changed after Fabian Schmidt becomes third German to be detained

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British tourist detained in US after visa mix-up returns to UK – reports

Images broadcast of Rebecca Burke’s arrival at Heathrow after her release from immigration detention centre

Evening Standard

British tourist detained by US for over two weeks for travelling with wrong visa released, family say

Rebecca Burke, 28, was denied entry into Washington State after US immigration officials accused her of travelling on the wrong visa

Salon

"The new normal": ICE detaining tourists

In recent weeks, tourists from Germany and the U.K. have found themselves locked up on vacation

The Guardian - UK

German tourists’ ordeal reportedly ending as they are returned from US detention

Jessica Brösche to join Lucas Sielaff, who is reported to have returned to Germany on 6 March

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The Independent UK

US visa warning after British tourist held in immigration centre for 12 days

Rebecca Burke was ‘classified as an illegal alien’ for allegedly violating her tourist visa

Evening Standard

British backpacker detained in US for over 10 days after visa mix-up, family say

Rebecca Burke, 28, a graphic artist from Monmouthshire, was trying to cross into the state of Washington.

Evening Standard

Visa warning after British tourist detained by US authorities for 11 days on 'once in a lifetime' trip

Rebecca Burke has been detained in ‘prison-like’ immigration detention facility during dream trip around North America

The Guardian - UK

British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue

Backpacker Rebecca Burke was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Washington state

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