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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. visa applicants to be asked for social media history
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visa/u-s-visa-applicants-to-be-asked-for-social-media-history-state-department-idUSKBN1H611P?feedType=RSS&feedName=newsOne&google_editors_picks=trueIn a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for U.S. visas, the federal government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States, according to a State Department filing on Friday.
The proposal, if approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), would require most immigrant and non-immigrant visa applicants to list all social media identities they have used in the past five years.
The information will be used to vet and identify them, according to the proposals, which would affect about 14.7 million people annually.
The proposals support President Donald Trumps promise to institute extreme vetting of foreigners entering the United states to prevent terrorism.
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U.S. visa applicants to be asked for social media history (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Mar 2018
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There goes what's left of international tourism (people visiting the U.S.).
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2018
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)1. There goes what's left of international tourism (people visiting the U.S.).
How many people are going to put up with that kind of intrusion just to visit Disney World?
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)2. How about we see 5 years of Trump's full Taxes first
Now they want Extreme Vetting?!!?
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)3. And five years of travel history
Even China doesn't ask for this shit