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A German national (Jessica Brösche), a British national (Becky Burke), and now a Canadian national (Jasmine Mooney) have all been detained at the border and placed in ICE custody under dubious pretenses.
It is time for other nations to issue a travel warning to tourists headed to the US.
@MNSpy
I am beginning to wonder if these cases are paperwork lapses, out of ignorance or laziness. In the past, they would have had a slap on the wrist warning, but now, 
, they are treated very harshly, and incompetently.
I think the Snowbirds better get out of America before the whole 30-day limit "alien registration" kicks in. Even if they follow the rules, we can expect malicious nitpicking of paperwork combined with incompetence. 
@pmdj@mstdn.social@JPK_elmediat @MNSpy Here‘s another case. “Only” 24 hours detained before deportation. https://thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
In the case of the British backpacker, the original issue was with Canada - probably not realising that the 6-month visa-free rule does not apply to land entry via the US.
Patterns I’m seeing:
- Land borders
- Entering together with a US citizen
- Self employed/freelancers
Those factors seem to be used to interpret intent to overstay, then deliberately detain.
@pmdj @JPK_elmediat @MNSpy and they are all women? #pattern
@edgeofeurope @JPK_elmediat @MNSpy There was also the publicised case of a German man detained for 2 weeks before deportation. So predominantly women anyway.