The number of German tourists visiting the United States has decreased dramatically since the president of the United States, Donald Trump, assumed the position for the second time.
Several German touristsThey were arrested on the American border, in some cases for weeks, after a “change in American immigration policy.”
In one case, in France, a scientist was rejected for having anti-trump messages on his mobile phone.
Although the number of Germans who reserve vacations in the US. German travel agencies told Euronews that the number of reserves decreased at least half compared to January to March last year, when former President Joe Biden was still in office. However, they also said that they have not yet registered any cancellation.
Here is a practical guide on how to prepare for a vacation in the United States if you have already reserved them.
1) Make a backup of all data before traveling
The United States government can confiscate its devices if you do not unlock them or if you do not comply with approval or initial requests on social networks.
The devices can be seized for an indefinite period, so you must make sure you have a safe copy of your data, at home at home, for example.
You can consider making a backup of your mobile phone to a laptop that comes out at home and, if you need to bring a laptop, consider cleaning confidential documents.
However, one of the 29 -year -old German tourists, Jessica Brösche, Berlin’s tattoo artist, was arrested after US authorities assumed that she intended to work in the United States, while traveling with tattoos equipment, so she may not seem to travel with any object that border guards can interpret as work tools.
2) Carefully check the data on your mobile phone before reaching the edge
Customs and border protection agents can legally check their mobile phone, if you are not an American citizen. For those who need a Visa or Hold Green Card, the refusal to advertise your password can lead us to the entrance of us, even if you have one (electronic travel authorization system) or a visa granted in advance.
If you completely delete your mobile phone, border guards can consider this most suspicious attitude, but you must ensure that border guards don’t mind reading all your messages. If you eliminate the messages, for example, those who criticize the Trump administration, must ensure that they are not somewhere in a folder, for example, in the recently erased folder in the Imassage or in the WhatsApp file.
3) Give someone reliable and memorize a phone number
In cases where visitors were held on the border for weeks, they were given a single call. However, if your device is configured, you will not have access to the contacts stored on your mobile phone. It is advisable to memorize the phone number of a trusted person and give the key to a neighbor, telling him to call the embassy or a lawyer if he has no news for several days. If they stop for an unknown time, at least you can water your plants.
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Since the United States government took measures to cancel visas and deport Non-American students who participated in pro-palestinian protests last year, including Mahmoud Khalil, head of a green card, it can also be prudent to ensure that their profile photography is not of itself in a Palestinian protest. It is also advisable anti -Semitism.
4) Turn off your devices before traveling
The best practice is to turn off the devices before boarding the plane, since some computer programs can more easily decipher the words that pass when the devices have been linked for some time. According is guide practical Mobile phone safety is stronger when you just turned on.
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Also disable Faceid and Touchid used to unlock mobile phones, since it is a gray area if border guards can point the mobile phone to themselves to unlock it.
5) Be sure to have enough money in your account to buy a last minute return trip
In the case of Lucas Sielaff, who was arrested on the border between Mexico and the United States this year, he was arrested for several days, without any sign of when he would be released.
ADVERTISINGSuddenly, they told him that he could return home and that he had to book a direct flight to Germany. In this case, he quickly reserved a flight for almost 3,000 euros, according to Associated Press.
