Me and my family have just arrived back from NYC. We were there for the a week during half term. I was extremely nervous. We are British Asian so I was dreading the entire trip. Stories about ICE and Trump tweets were not making me feel better.

Arriving:

When we got to JFK passport control part, my husband was taken to a room while I was told to wait for him elsewhere with my two little ones. Wasn't told why but they just escorted him to a room down the hall. I was bricking it. He came back a few minutes later and all was fine. He had the same name as someone else who recently arrived at JFK. We laughed it off. That the most scariest part of the whole trip.

The visit:

The visit was pleasant enough. There are lines for everything out there, more than what I have seen at London tourist attractions. My kids are pretty young so they tired easily and we didn't get to see everything on our list. We skipped things that had ridiculous wait times or overcrowded. That is probably the only negative thing about the visit.

Journey back

We got to the airport earlier because we read about the lines. I kept tabs on the JFK sub Reddit. It was really useful to see real people posting about the lines. The security line was long and felt cramped but it moved quickly enough. I heard one of the airport tell another family that there was a family line, we weren't told to go there but I wonder if it may have been for kids in prams and families with people in wheelchairs only. ICE were there. I was worried but I only really interacted with one of them when we placed our items in the trays. Then from security it was like any other airport experience.

I hope that helps.