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#FAFU #Canada #trump #border

“ The number of people traveling to the United States from Canada plummeted in March.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said nearly 900,000 fewer people entered the U.S. from the north compared with the same period last year. That decline followed weeks of President Trump insulting Canada by referring to then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a “governor” and suggesting the mineral-rich country should become a U.S. state.” nydailynews.com/2025/04/16/can

#ICYMI: “People are scared to go out because they go out with their kids, and they don’t want to go to a place where (people are) going to show up with guns to check whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not. That was very upsetting for a lot of people.”
texasobserver.org/ice-raids-ab

The Texas Observer · ICE Raids on Beloved Bakery Reverberate Through Rio Grande ValleyHomeland Security Investigations arrests at Abby's Bakery shake up a small town in politically shifting Cameron County.

In #books: For too long, the story of El Paso told by Hollywood filmmakers, news reporters, and cowboy historians has been that of a Wild West frontier town full of outlaws. ... These self-perpetuating tropes still predominate in mass #media.
texasobserver.org/el-paso-unto

The Texas Observer · El Paso's Still-Untold StoryA new revisionist history lays out an urgent task that it does not accomplish.

This is what travelling to the U.S. is like as a Canadian right now
When I booked my flight from Canada to the United States last year, I didn't anticipate U.S. border rules to tighten so drastically.My friends had set an April 2025 date for their wedding in Orlando, Florida, well before Donald Trump became America's 47th president.Little did we know that ...
#travel #politics #immigration #border #Canada #UnitedStates
blogto.com/travel/2025/04/what

Trump has reportedly urged Congress to authorize $175 billion for border security, more than 10 times what was spent during his first term.

Meanwhile, border residents in Texas and Arizona say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.
propublica.org/article/trump-b

ProPublicaTrump Is Spending Billions on Border Security. Some Residents Living There Lack Basic Resources.
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Finland keeps its border with Russia closed "until further notice".

The Interior Ministry says there is still a risk that re-opening border checkpoints could lead to large numbers of migrants arriving at the Finnish border from the Russian side.

mediafaro.org/article/20250416

A border checkpoint in Finland. | Image: Markku Ulander / Lehtikuva
Yle · Finland keeps its border with Russia closed "until further notice".By Yle

Canadian university staff advised to avoid travel to the U.S. over border 'difficulties'
The national voice for Canadian university teachers and other professionals has warned against travelling to America due to border "difficulties" and other developing issues.The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is warning academic staff to...
#travel #politics #university #border #US #America
blogto.com/city/2025/04/canadi

Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March as cross-border travel plummets
The number of cross-border travellers going from Canada to the U.S. dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data — easily one of the worst year-over-year drops recorded outside of t...
#travel #border #economics #US #Canada #News
cbc.ca/news/politics/cross-bor

For me, crossing into the USA has been a concern since my vehicle was searched in 2 separate incidents in the early 2000s when entering Montana from BC. In both cases, the answer I gave that triggered an immediate search was when I was asked the purpose of my visit. "I'm attending a scientific meeting in Missoula," I said. Evidently being a scientist has long been a suspicious activity in that country.

cbc.ca/news/canada/travel-warn

CBCCanadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States | CBC NewsThe Canadian Association of University Teachers says it released updated travel advice today due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump administration and reports of some Canadians encountering difficulties while crossing the border.
#USA#Travel#Warning

The #AI Tools #CBP Is Using to Scan #SocialMedia

Customs and #Border Protection ( #CBP ) is using various artificial intelligence tools, including ones that can quickly identify people of interest by pulling data from social media, according to documents published by the agency last week and marketing material from the contractors.
#privacy #security #facebook #Twitter #instagram #profiling #surveillance

404media.co/the-ai-tools-cbp-i

404 Media · The AI Tools CBP Is Using to Scan Social MediaCustoms and Border Protection released more documents last week that show which AI-powered tools that agency has been using to identify people of interest.