Traveling abroad with Green Card

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have an immigration lawyer? I'd see if you can speak to them.

If you can find them. All the immigration lawyers in America are getting threatening letters from DHS ordering them to self-deport. Even the Americans. Those who don't self-deport can expect to be rounded up and put in a camp within the next six months is my guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have an immigration lawyer? I'd see if you can speak to them.

Why? Legally, they are allowed to travel back and forth. What is happening now is not normal, and the reasons for not letting someone back in don't seem to be things that even an immigration attorney can predict.

My best friend is here on a green card. They have dual citizenship in two other countries and has been advised by an attorney to not leave the country at this time.

Oh, I agree there are huge risks and I would not leave now. Just saying that technically, there aren’t legal reasons they shouldn’t be able to go. So, an immigration lawyer would be needed to understand that “everything is **crazy, don’t leave the country”. I wouldn’t leave unless there is a family emergency. I know that’s horrible, but we have video calls etc now.

[Anonymous]

Washington Post just posted an article on this. We are getting an immigration lawyer for DH and starting citizenship process. I can’t believe our country has come to this but there you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have an immigration lawyer? I'd see if you can speak to them.

Why? Legally, they are allowed to travel back and forth. What is happening now is not normal, and the reasons for not letting someone back in don't seem to be things that even an immigration attorney can predict.

My best friend is here on a green card. They have dual citizenship in two other countries and has been advised by an attorney to not leave the country at this time.

Oh, I agree there are huge risks and I would not leave now. Just saying that technically, there aren’t legal reasons they shouldn’t be able to go. So, an immigration lawyer would be needed to understand that “everything is **crazy, don’t leave the country”. I wouldn’t leave unless there is a family emergency. I know that’s horrible, but we have video calls etc now.

*immigration lawyer would NOT be needed, I mean.

[Anonymous]

I'm an EU citizen with Green Card and returned last week with zero issues or additional questions. Actually, O'Hare customs happened to be more chill than any Dulles officer throughout the years.

No issues back in February either.

Travelling again next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an EU citizen with Green Card and returned last week with zero issues or additional questions. Actually, O'Hare customs happened to be more chill than any Dulles officer throughout the years.

No issues back in February either.

Travelling again next week.

Check your privilege.

[Anonymous]

Check your privilege.

What exactly does that mean? I gave my personal experience that was relevant to this post and to travel forum idea in general.

Should we ONLY write about how "my immigration lawyer absolutely recommends to stay put" and how all your Green Card friends aren't travelling because it is so dangerous? Those might be true, but so is my experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Check your privilege.

What exactly does that mean? I gave my personal experience that was relevant to this post and to travel forum idea in general.

Should we ONLY write about how "my immigration lawyer absolutely recommends to stay put" and how all your Green Card friends aren't travelling because it is so dangerous? Those might be true, but so is my experience.

I'm guessing that PP is implying that you are likely White if you're an EU citizen (even though that definitely doesn't have to be true) and therefore would not a target. So you're "privileged" because you're white.

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing that PP is implying that you are likely White if you're an EU citizen (even though that definitely doesn't have to be true) and therefore would not a target. So you're "privileged" because you're white.

PP here. I understand that. However, we do not know if OP is white or not.

On a side note, it is a bit amusing to be an actual Green Card holder going through customs in this country in 2025 and get lectured about privilege on DCUM of all places, especially by people who have lawyers to advise them on this or that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Washington Post just posted an article on this. We are getting an immigration lawyer for DH and starting citizenship process. I can’t believe our country has come to this but there you go.

That's what a good friend of my is doing. He is a Brit who has been here at least 3 decades and only now is applying for citizenship "just in case." He has an American wife and kids and has built several businesses here and suddenly doesn't feel safe traveling in and out of the US. He is not an alarmist by any means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one in my circle (from Europe and east Asia, scientists and lawyers) are traveling out of the US on their green card, visa or diplomatic visa. Usually most people travel back to their home country for part of the summer, or at least send their kids. Not this year. We've all heard horrific stories of people in each of these categories who were rudely interrogated, detained, and sent back to their country. Two World Bank people I heard about had their diplomatic visas revoked *for no reason*.

We're staying right here.

Your circle sounds overly cautious. But if they speak out against Trump, they could lose their green card, true enough.

[Anonymous]

I would not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think your country of origin as well as your age and gender make a big difference as to whether you can expect any issues. Consider sharing that?

I mean not really. They’ve detained white women from Canada, Germany etc.

[Anonymous]

No one who is not a US citizen has a right to stay in the USA, even with a green card. That’s common knowledge. The safest thing for those eligible is to naturalize of course. It’s just common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one who is not a US citizen has a right to stay in the USA, even with a green card. That’s common knowledge. The safest thing for those eligible is to naturalize of course. It’s just common sense.

I wish I could count all the ways you can f--- all the way off.