Does Trump really expect international travellers to put up a up-to-$15k 'bond' when they apply for a visa to visit the USA?

If it really does happen, it'll be the end of international tourism to the USA.

Could this be yet another step in Trump's desire to isolate the USA from the world and make it into North American Korea?

I have some good long-time friends in the US and would love to visit them with my 8 y/o daughter, but to be treated like a criminal just because I'm not a US citizen is enough to make me never want to go there.

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HoeBag · 46-50, F

Interesting none of the MAGAts haven't chimed in. I actually see 23 of the supposedly 24 replies.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@HoeBag Its not like any of them would ever travel anywhere else..😷

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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@HoeBag We think it's america per se, and we don't expect improvement... ever.

For america, this is a one-way descent, and I now wouldn't even contemplate travelling to the US.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@HoeBag While I agree with what you say, I do feel the need to point out that this doesnt apply to all Americans. Some are so generous and nice they could be mistaken for Canadians.😷

HoeBag · 46-50, F

@newjaninev2 I wouldn't want someone to risk traveling here. I imagine 100's of people come and go daily with no problems but it would be hard to enjoy one's stay.

@whowasthatmaskedman Canadians are probably just as bad, they are just better at hiding their flaws.

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@HoeBag I posted my comment this morning and now this afternoon our New Zealand news reports:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/569737/nz-woman-sarah-shaw-and-six-year-old-son-detained-by-us-immigration

HoeBag · 46-50, F

@newjaninev2 In that same article, it also mentions that there are few details.

Something else had to have happened. I doubt they just randomly decided she needed arrested.

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@HoeBag are you unaware of how visitors to the american autocracy are treated?

I've lived there for extended periods three times, and often visited, but that was when it was a democracy. Now I won't even transit through the place.

HoeBag · 46-50, F

@newjaninev2 I do live here so I do not know how foreigners are treated.

I do not know but somehow I doubt everyone entering the US is treated like a criminal, I mean there would be too many. Maybe step through a metal detector and check passport, is there something else?