Editor's Note: This story was updated to reflect Canada's updates to its Travel Advisory.
(News Nation) – Canada has Travel advisory updated For citizens traveling to the United States amid concerns surrounding some of President Donald Trump's policies.
Starting April 11th, Canadians who have been in the US for more than 30 days You need to register With US authorities. Failure to do so could lead to “finishes, fines and misdemeanors,” according to the recommendation.
This rule was not previously strengthened; Vancouver Sun reports. It comes as part of an order signed by Trump of the Order “protecting the American people from invasion.”
Newsweek writes This advisory update comes as Canadians and other foreign tourists are being detained at the US border over visa concerns and inconsistencies in documentation.
People are having problems too Passport for executive order From Trump requesting documents to reflect the gender assigned to a person at birth. axios European countries such as Finland, Denmark and Germany have reportedly warned people to pay attention to travel advisories for trans and non-binary people who want to go to the United States.
Canada adds to tensions in the US trade war
In addition to tensions between Canada and the US, the trade war between the two and Trump's repeated remarks Canada must be the 51st province.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged people from Canada to stay in the country for vacation in a speech last month. New York Times It has been reported.
Statistics Canada The number of Canadians returning to the US by car said they had fallen 23% in February. Data also showed that Canadian residents returned from trips to the US from 585,700 trips in the same month. This is a 13.1% decrease from last year.
Harold White, 72, who lives in Quebec, told the New York Times that he had decided not to travel to the United States anymore unless it was “a must.”
“It hurts to think I'm not going to Maine or Cape Cod. “But this time it really feels like a Canadian being slapped across the face by Trump.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
