Travelling to the US? Expect to be ‘vetted to the maximum degree’

Headlines about challenging, often traumatic experiences for foreigners
trying to enter the United States since Donald Trump became president on 20
January are appearing almost daily. Reported incidents include: an Australian detained
and deported on returning to the USA after a short trip home, despite holding a
valid work visa; a French academic denied entry because his phone contained social
messages criticising the Trump administration’s research policy; a Costa Rican Nobel
Peace Prize winner having his visa cancelled; and European Commission officials
being equipped with ‘burner’ phones and scrubbed laptops to avoid sensitive information
being extracted.

Small wonder then that “in light of their duty of care responsibility…