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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. 
@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.
The Canadian woman was there on a TN Visa, created under NAFTA. It's a relatively simple Visa, basically needs five pieces of paper. It is typically administered at the border.
She stated there was an issue that her job offer was not on corporate letterhead. That is in fact one of the requirements for one of the pieces of paper. As outdated as that sounds.
But that was just her first attempted entry. She was sent back to Canada that time... /1
So she updated her paperwork and then came via Mexico. Likely because she's working in LA and it's closer.
And at some level, one could claim this is a paperwork problem. There was some detail in there about going to the US consulate/embassy. You can only do TN verification at the border if you are Canadian. So they may have thought she was Mexican initially and doing it wrong.
But it takes 10 seconds to check the rules, so that's unlikely... /2
@JPK_elmediat @MNSpy and there is a US consulate/embassy downtown Vancouver. It's easy to access by train, it's always got a very long lineup.
But the lawyers I spoke with typically advised against that process. It can actually take a very long time, and even once you get the paperwork (I-129) you still have to cross the border to get it approved. At which point the same border guard is checking your papers again anyways.
At which point, apparently, they can lock you up anyways. //