“The law hasn’t changed, but the temperature has,” said Evan Oshan, a civil rights lawyer and managing partner at Oshan & Associates. “When federal officers feel empowered to push every boundary of their existing authority, that is a policy change – it just doesn’t require an act of Congress.”
A combination of anti-American sentiment caused by some of President Trump’s policies, along with long waits that some travelers are still experiencing at many US airports, has caused some travelers to weigh whether now is the time to visit the US. Johan Konst, the founder of EUSA PR, an Amsterdam-based Europe-US PR firm, typically flies to the US three or four times a year for conferences and meetings. He says he is still planning to go, but he is more selective about when.
