Comment by happyopossum 2 days ago
Your comment is about coming for work or study, yet you linked to a story of someone who clearly abused/misused a tourist visa and got caught. It was an egregious enough offense that the Canadian immigration officials wouldn't even let her enter Canada under the same pretense, which is what eventually led to her arrest.
The German person you link to was attempting to enter the US to work as a tattoo artist which is not allowed under tourist visa programs. I actually think the law should be more flexible and this kind of casual work should be allowed. However the law as it currently stands doesn't allow it and they were "correctly" denied entry.
The reason this person wasn't put on a "quick flight home" is because they (along with the British person) were detained at a land port of entry so there's no option to send them straight back.
In general, I think two things are simultaneously true. One is that Trump is cracking down on immigration. The second is that the media are suddenly reporting on a lot of cases -- like the German and British women -- that aren't actually new but were happening under Biden. It's just now the media has an angle and narrative such that these cases are deemed report worthy.
These are at most trivial civil matters.
The net effect is your talking about putting non criminals in detention facilities rife with human rights violations.
As a hypothetical, if you can visit two countries and one offers the risk of indefinite detainment , which is roughly dependent on how behind the customs officials are on their quotas. Or another country that at most will just send you home, I think most will pick the country that just sends people home.
What process would you design for handling people who are denied entry at a land port of entry?
She literally came to coach surf and house sit.
The woman is effectively a British nanny who did chores for friends. She doesn't look like a threat to anyone.
Maybe your afraid of British nannies baking pies and changing litter boxes, I'm not.
Anyway, the proper solution at most is a life time ban and the first flight home.Not indefinite detention.
To be burnt, this is a white woman who natively speaks English. If she's having a hard time, it doesn't bold well for anyone else.
Numerous other examples exist, in most of these cases people either didn't do anything wrong or it's something that could have been rectified with a quick flight home.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/world/europe/german-touri...
Come to America, spend your money. And if you watch a friend's pets for a few days expect some good ole indefinite detention!