In The News
This is an updated collection of news and commentary regarding the travel ban and the #LoveIsNotTourism movement.
September
White House plans 'new system' for international travel, contract tracing rules, 9/15, Reuters
U.S. Travel Ban: Are Vaccine Passports The Reason For Stalling?, 9/15, Forbes
White House considered requiring vaccines for international air travelers, 9/14, Washington Post
America’s Pandemic Travel Bans No Longer Make Sense, 9/13, Foreign Policy
Why on Earth are we still not able to visit America?, 9/10, The Times
Biden's cruel and bizarre travel ban, 9/9, AEIdeas
Why do U.S. Travel Restrictions Punish the Most Vaccinated Countries?, 9/8, National Review
Mr. President, tear down this travel ban, 9/8, National Review
AOH calls on President Biden to end the ban on Irish citizens coming to US, 9/5, IrishCentral
U.S. Travel Ban, Yes. But Mood Upbeat For Long-Distance Travel, 9/4, Forbes
August
President Biden's granddaughter Naomi (...) at friend's lavish Lake Cuomo wedding, 8/31, Daily Mail
The EU's Guidelines on U.S. Visitors Sound Like Trade War Diplomacy, Bloomberg, 8/30
End the Travel bans between Europe and the U.S., National Review, 8/30
EU to Reimpose Travel Curbs on U.S. Amid Rise in Covid Cases, Bloomberg, 8/30
EU set to recommend halting nonessential travel from the U.S., WSJ, 8/29
EU moves to reintroduce COVID travel curbs on U.S. - diplomats, Reuters, 8/27
EU to Discuss Reimposing Covid-Related Travel Curbs on U.S., Bloomberg, 8/25
The US is randomly rejecting travelers from Europe with valid visas, Quartz, 8/24
UK-US travel: fears emerge that ban might not lift until end of November, Independent, 8/24
Europeans have been banned from entering the US for 525 days now, Schengenvisainfo News, 8/19
Opinion. U.S. Keeps My Family in Covid Lockdown, Wall Street Journal, 8/18
Most covid-19 travel restrictions should be scrapped, The Economist, 8/14
Covid travel bans are about xenophobia, not public health, Independent, 8/14
Travel bans look good politically but achieve nothing, Express, 8/11
US could be off-limits for British travellers until November, says airline chief, Independent, 8/10
Europe reopened to Americans. Why, it asks, hasn't the U.S. reciprocated?, New York Times, 8/10
EU Expected to Discuss Reimposing Travel Curbs on U.S., Bloomberg, 8/6
The US is finally close to lifting its Covid-19 travel bans for vaccinated foreigners, Quartz, 8/6
US set to require foreign travelers to be fully vaccinated, Politico, 8/4
The International Travel Restrictions Make Little Sense, The Atlantic, 8/4
U.S. Faces Growing Pressure to Allow European Travelers, Wall Street Journal, 8/4
Von der Leyen insists US lift travel ban for Europeans, Politico, 8/4
July
U.S. Travel Ban: Pressure Mounts To Open Borders To EU And U.K., Forbes, 7/30
Germany Demands Fair Play From Biden on U.S. Travel Rules, Bloomberg, 7/29
America's COVID-19 Air Travel Rules Are Insane, The Dispatch, 7/29
#LoveIsNotTourism: Covid-19 travel rules keep couples an ocean apart, CNN, 7/28
America’s Irrational Ban on British Visitors, National Review, 7/27
Frustrated industry groups see Biden’s Covid czar as obstacle to reopening travel, Politico, 7/17
The Inhumanity of Joe Biden's Travel Ban, National Review, 7/15
Buttigieg says no firm date to lift international traveler bans, Boomberg, 7/8
June
The ban on travel from Europe once made sense. Now it’s only causing hardship, Washington Post, 6/26
Six Theories On When The U.S./U.K. Travel Ban Will Be Lifted, Forbes, 6/9
After 16 months, US Covid border closures keep families separated, France24, 6/6
Airlines press U.S. on refusal to lift COVID-19 travel restrictions, Reuters, 6/4