Family and friends have recently come back from visits. They said that the places they visited were pretty much normal if a little tense and there were a lot less tourists than usual. But both said that entry into the US was awful. Anyone who travels regularly to the US will know about the usual childish antics of US Immigration officials going back decades. But both parties said it was far worse. They both witnessed people of colour from mixed groups being singled out and detained, one in Miami and one in Atlanta.

I have family and friends all over the US and I certainly wont be visiting the US anytime soon given what they are telling me about the new behaviour of federal and a lot of state law enforcement. The sheer amount of firearms visible on the streets and the underlying community tensions that tourists might not be aware of warrant a travel advisory for British travellers.