Shocking collapse in Canadian visitors to the US
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The extent of the collapse is truly shocking for Americans. Businesses are struggling because of this.
The staggering effects on the economy and job market will be severe.
The staggering effects on the economy and job market will be severe.
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Canadian travel to U.S. declines for 7th consecutive month amid trade war - National | Globalnews.ca
In July, the number of Canadian residents returning from the United States was down to 2.6 million, marking a 32.4 per cent decrease compared with July 2024
globalnews.ca
Now they’re photographing and fingerprinting people at the border—this under a president who won’t even release his tax returns, much less the Epstein files.
Las Vegas is dying a slow death.
I remember how fun it was twenty years ago, so exciting.
$10 blackjack tables, free alcoholic drinks nonstop, rooms and buffets being comped just by asking for them. Tips were $1. Friendly dealers, free parking, $20 grand buffets.
Now blackjack is $50 a hand, otherwise they only pay 6:5 for a blackjack. A huge disadvantage. Few drinks, tipping is almost mandatory ($5 usually). Paid parking, rude dealers who get pissed if you don’t tip thrm, resort fees, $70 buffets, $20 drinks. It’s become nothing but a tourist trap.
I remember how fun it was twenty years ago, so exciting.
$10 blackjack tables, free alcoholic drinks nonstop, rooms and buffets being comped just by asking for them. Tips were $1. Friendly dealers, free parking, $20 grand buffets.
Now blackjack is $50 a hand, otherwise they only pay 6:5 for a blackjack. A huge disadvantage. Few drinks, tipping is almost mandatory ($5 usually). Paid parking, rude dealers who get pissed if you don’t tip thrm, resort fees, $70 buffets, $20 drinks. It’s become nothing but a tourist trap.
Only Trump can bankrupt casinos. No one knows bankruptcy more than Trump.
Some are even being asked if they like Trump or what they think of him, and being turned away if they don’t like him.
Ya right lol And if this just so happens to be true are people not able to say I don’t have an opinion or stay neutral and just not say anything.
What's your point? If you are transiting, you bring very, very little to the US economy. A minimal portion of your flight tickets and maybe a coffee or a beer in the layover?
It is a way overblown reaction. It is just an expansion of a decade-old program of pictures taken when entering the US, and the European Union is also starting a similar program. The downturn in Las Vegas is real, but not as "shocking" as the clickbait headlines on unreliable social media. Other than the wealthy consumers, who are having a very rough time in the US with Tariffs, inflation and the large decline in consumer sentiment in the US.
CBC News · Oct 26, 2025
It’s also the wave of the future: many countries have incorporated facial biometric technology at airports. Canada uses it for international arrivals. The European Union is rolling out a program which requires non-EU citizens to be fingerprinted and photographed before entering the region.
For close to a decade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been using facial biometrics to confirm the identities of international passengers arriving at U.S. airports. The process involves photographing travellers, and using biometric facial comparison technology to ensure their face matches the photo on their travel documents.
Now, CBP is expanding the program with the goal of collecting images of departing passengers at all international U.S. airports. The agency also plans to take photos of travellers when they enter and exit the country at all sea ports, and in vehicle lanes at land borders.
CBP told CBC News it expects to have facial biometric technology fully in place at land borders sometime next year. Full implementation at seaports and airports is expected within the next three to five years.
CBP spokesperson Jessica Turner said in an email that the expansion plan fulfills “a Congressional mandate to biometrically record the majority of foreign nationals who enter and exit the United States.”
Tracking travellers’ exits also helps CBP pinpoint those who stayed in the country longer than allowed, according to the new DHS rule.
CBC News · Oct 26, 2025
It’s also the wave of the future: many countries have incorporated facial biometric technology at airports. Canada uses it for international arrivals. The European Union is rolling out a program which requires non-EU citizens to be fingerprinted and photographed before entering the region.
For close to a decade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been using facial biometrics to confirm the identities of international passengers arriving at U.S. airports. The process involves photographing travellers, and using biometric facial comparison technology to ensure their face matches the photo on their travel documents.
Now, CBP is expanding the program with the goal of collecting images of departing passengers at all international U.S. airports. The agency also plans to take photos of travellers when they enter and exit the country at all sea ports, and in vehicle lanes at land borders.
CBP told CBC News it expects to have facial biometric technology fully in place at land borders sometime next year. Full implementation at seaports and airports is expected within the next three to five years.
CBP spokesperson Jessica Turner said in an email that the expansion plan fulfills “a Congressional mandate to biometrically record the majority of foreign nationals who enter and exit the United States.”
Tracking travellers’ exits also helps CBP pinpoint those who stayed in the country longer than allowed, according to the new DHS rule.
I have travelled 4 times to the US this fall. I was not asked a single question at customs all 4 times. They take my pictures. Look at their screens and tell me to go ahead. All 4 times I upload my passport in the online check-in procedure.
2 weeks ago, I decided to ask questions to the agent. He told me the pic brings up my profile, and I am categorized as a 'conference' traveller. Turns out they have my data of the last 10 years! I cross the border about 4-5 times from May to July and 5-6 times from September to November. Consistency is king, he said. In the past I always showed my conference registration and hotel booking. Now they don't waste time with that and just let me go.
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I have a 20+ year history coming to Canada, and I always have to smile for the camera. After my secondary screening at Victoria airport, seeing all my sexwork stuff had to tell them the law after thought I was someone else from Florida, I had no problem getting Nexus. Now I walk up to a Nexis screen that now goes up and down (mostly up since I am tall) to find my face and verify it is me, comparing the image of my face to the picture I had to get Nexis. That picture is pretty old, didn't need one when renewed so is at least 10 years old and i am older but picture still matches. I don't think it's taking a new picture of me.
Could be, one was an acquaintance of mine who said it happened to his friend.
I also heard anecdotes online.
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
Crossing the border by car can be especially intimidating nowadays.
www.theguardian.com
Burner phones, wiped socials: the extreme precautions for visitors to Trump’s America
Horror stories about detainments at the border have also soured some from visiting during Trump’s second term
www.theguardian.com
That's an easy way to separate the marks from the general crowd.
