Travel

The Advisories · who’s warning their citizens about us

• GermanyA visa no longer guarantees entry; a slight overstay can mean "arrest, detention and deportation" — issued after three Germans were detained at the border (Mar 2025)
• United Kingdom"You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules" — the arrest warning added after a British national was detained; February's version had none (Mar 2025)
• DenmarkTold transgender citizens and X-passport holders to call the US embassy before flying — the entry form now accepts only sex at birth (Mar 2025)
• FinlandWarned that a passport gender not matching sex at birth may mean denied entry (Mar 2025)
• Canada"Expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including of electronic devices... you could be detained while awaiting deportation." Stays over 30 days must now register with the US government (Mar 2025)
• NetherlandsTightened its advisory for LGBTIQ+ travelers: US laws and customs "may differ" (Mar 2025)
• FranceAdded the requirement to declare "sex at birth" on entry forms, per the January decree (Mar 2025)
• New ZealandTravelers could be "detained, deported and banned"; phones and laptops subject to inspection (May 2025)

The Reviews · the world files its comments

• 19 of 24US favorability abroad — Countries where America's image fell in one year — Mexico down 32 points, Sweden down 28, Canada down 20 (Jun 2025)
• 23%Confidence in the president, 36 countries — The median who trust his leadership of world affairs. About two-thirds don't. (Jun 2026)
• a first in 20 yearsChina against the United States — Most of 36 countries surveyed now view China more favorably than the US (Jul 2026)
• −$12.5BForeign visitor spending, 2025 — The only country of 184 economies analyzed projected to decline (May 2025)
• −5.5%International arrivals, 2025 — The first annual decline since 2020 — and every 2026 month so far is down again (Jan 2026)
• −25.4%Canadian visits — Return crossings, 2025 — seven million fewer trips and $3.3B less spent, the deepest sustained non-pandemic drop on record (2025)

Departures · the involuntary itinerary

• 319,980Removals, fiscal 2025 — FY2025 (ICE's own removals count — up from 271,484 the year before, itself the highest since 2014)
• 356,389Removals, fiscal 2026 — Jul 2026 (ICE's own claim by late July — on pace to pass the all-time record, which is Obama's 438,421)
• 70,766In detention — Jan 2026 (The first time past 70,000 in ICE's published data — up three-quarters in a year)
• 70.6%Convicted of nothing — Jul 2026 (The share of detainees with no criminal conviction; about half face no pending charge either)
• 3,000 a dayThe quota — May 2025 (The arrest minimum set in May 2025 — triple the actual pace at the time. The government later told a court no quota exists.)
• 13 menThird countries — Jul 2025 (Deported to South Sudan and Eswatini — most were citizens of neither; the Eswatini five went into indefinite solitary)
• ~$450M/yrThe Everglades camp — Jul 2025 (Built in eight days, 3,000 beds — roughly $150,000 per bed per year, and the leaked bills ran higher)

The counts are the government’s own, or the trackers that audit them. The section name is the state’s euphemism, printed where euphemisms go.