Two Countries Issue Travel Warnings About U.S. After Weekend’s Shootings

By Tom Knighton

When a country issues a travel warning to their citizens, it’s typically one of two things. One is that it’s a way for the government to express legitimate fears about violence in another country. The other is to make some kind of a political point or to grandstand just a bit.

That second one was at the top of my mind when I learned two nations have issued travel warnings to their citizens about the United States.

Two countries issued travel warnings to their citizens about the United States following two mass shootings that killed 31 people.

Both Venezuela and Uruguay warned their residents about violence and hate crimes in the United States Monday.

Uruguay’s Office of Foreign Ministry issued an advisory Monday saying citizens should “take precaution amid the growing indiscriminatory violence, specifically hate crimes including racism and discrimination” when traveling to the United States.

Of course, I’m forced to ask how the violence can be motivated by discrimination and still be indiscriminatory. The two are kind of at odds with one another, don’t you think?

Anywho, Uruguay and Venezuela think that their citizens coming to the United States is a bad idea.

Well, if they’re trying to stop illegal immigration to the …Read the Rest

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