Closing the escape route from the USA to Canada
https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/06/18/closing-the-escape-route-from-the-usa-to-canada/
Published: June 19, 2025 01:20
The governments of both Canada and the US are threatening or testing measures to further close off the Canadian border as the escape route of last resort for those fleeing the US. Representatives of a coalition of more than 300 refugee rights, civil…
New travel blacklist aims to expand US travel surveillance
https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/06/05/new-travel-blacklist-aims-to-expand-us-travel-surveillance/
Published: June 5, 2025 19:01
Late yesterday President Trump proclaimed a new ban on entry to the US or issuance of new US visas to citizens of twelve countries, and ordered drastic restrictions on entry or issuance of visas to citizens of seven others. The US has long sought to…
US State Dept. says silence or anonymity on social media is suspicious
https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/05/30/us-state-dept-says-silence-or-anonymity-on-social-media-is-suspicious/
Published: May 30, 2025 18:08
A cable yesterday from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, first reported by  Nahal Toosi and Eric Bazail-Eimil of Politico, directs US embassies and consulates to “conduct a complete screening of the online presence of any nonimmigrant visa applicant seeking…
200,000 people a day fly without REAL-ID
https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/05/28/200000-people-a-day-fly-without-real-id/
Published: May 28, 2025 16:15
The real story of REAL-ID is that more people than ever are flying in the US without REAL-ID, with ID the TSA considers “unacceptable”, or with no ID at all. In a show of massive passive resistance to baseless threats by the Transportation Security…