Another country warns citizens about traveling to the U.S.

In the year that passed after Doland Trump began his second term in the White House, multiple countries have issued strengthened advisories about travel to the U.S.

Germany's Federal Foreign Office tweaked its page on travel to the U.S. with a paragraph stating that "even a slight overstay of the visa upon entry or exit can lead to arrest, detention, and deportation upon entry or exit" while Denmark, Finland and The Netherlands put out additional guidance for LGBTQ+ travelers in particular after the Trump administration stopped recognizing passports with a gender marker that differs from one's sex at birth.

Countries such as Canada, Spain, Mexico, Slovenia and The United Kingdom have all updated advisories focusing on different issues that affected their citizens who tried to cross the border into the U.S. throughout 2025.

Germany updates U.S. travel advisory amid Minneapolis shootings

With countries periodically tweaking their advisories to reflect the current situation in a given country, the latest travel guidance change comes from the German Foreign Office. On Jan. 26, it updated the "Travel and Safety Advice” to note the protests in Minneapolis and the federal government's response after federal agents sent to the city in an immigration crackdown killed two citizens within the course of weeks.

“In Minneapolis and other cities, demonstrations sometimes lead to violent clashes with immigration and security authorities," the travel guidance reads in the original German.

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The advisory warns German citizens who may be in U.S. cities where immigration enforcement is occurring to "check the local media for updates" and "be vigilant and stay away from crowds where violence might occur."

Germans are also warned that people in the area can be asked for "identification requirements [...] in several states"; in all cases, the guidance is to "remain calm and follow the instructions of the authorities and local security forces."

Hotels hosting ICE agents become protest sites in multiple cities

The Federal Foreign Office spokesperson Sebastian Hille said that the advisory was not a political response — the Trump administration's and Homeland Security's actions in Minneapolis have been causing large-scale protests and international rebuke — but a regular update as with the governmental agency "closely monitoring the situation in all counties our citizens travel to."

Another recent update focused on the winter storm that hit much of the Eastern U.S. on the third weekend of January and disrupted thousands of flights across major airports.

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After Hilton removed the Hampton Inn Lakeville in Minneapolis from its brand network after its management team refused to book ICE agents as a statement against the Trump administration's actions in their city, protests at hotels that do host them have intensified across various properties.

Both the DoubleTree and InterContinental in St. Paul both cited "elevated safety and security concerns" as reasons for their temporary closures while a Jan. 28 sit-in and protest at a Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Manhattan where immigration agents were believed to be staying led to dozens of arrests after protesters remained on the property after being ordered to leave by police.

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