BURSTCanada has updated its rules for citizens traveling to the U.S. amid concerns surrounding some of President Trump’s policies.
Starting April 11, Canadians who will be in the United States for more than 30 days will have to register with U.S. authorities. If they don’t, it could result in “penalties, fines and misdemeanors,” according to the advisory.
This rule was previously unenforced, the Vancouver Sun reports. It comes as part of the "Protecting the American People Against Invasion" order the president signed, which requires all visitors staying for 30 days or longer to register with the U.S. government, the outlet explains.
Newsweek writes that this advisory update comes as Canadian and other foreign tourists have been detained at the U.S. border over visa concerns and documentation mismatches.
People have also had issues with passports because of an executive order from Trump that requires the documents to reflect the sex a person was assigned at birth. Axios reports that European countries such as Finland, Denmark, and Germany also have warned people to exercise caution in their travel advisories for any transgender and nonbinary people who want to go to the U.S.
Canada, US trade war adds to tensions
Adding to the tension between Canada and U.S. is the trade war between the two, as well as Trump’s repeated remarks that its northern neighbor should become the 51st state.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged those from Canada to stay in the country for vacations in a speech last month, The New York Times reported.
Statistics Canada writes that the number of Canadians returning to the United States by car went down 23 percent in February. The data also showed that Canadian residents flew back from 585,700 trips to the United States in the same month, a 13.1 percent decline from last year.
Harold White, 72, who lives in Quebec, told the Times that he decided that he will no longer be traveling to the U.S. unless it’s “absolutely necessary.”
“It pains me to think that I’m not going to Maine or to Cape Cod or even to New York City for a vacation in the near term,” White said. “But this time around, really, I feel like Canadians have been slapped across the face by Trump.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.