A growing number of U.S. expats are considering renouncing their citizenship due to mounting emotional, financial and political costs, according to the 2025 Expat Trends Survey. 

“Remittance” may not be in many people’s vocabularies, but lawmakers have been batting the word back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border since the Trump administration proposed taxing at five percent money electronically sent by foreigners living in the United States to their home countries. 

Many students from this region applying for U.S. visas—whether for study or tourism—are likely to have their social media activity examined by U.S. authorities.

As of 7 May, U.S. citizens and residents have no longer been able to use a standard driver’s license or state ID to board domestic flights.

Mexico and Canada have largely been shielded from the barrage of import duties announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, part of his economic plan aimed at revitalizing manufacturing in the United States.

Here is a sampling of what some Canadian residents at lakeside have to say following the March 9 election of Mark Carney as their new Prime Minister.