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Social media content that indicates an immigrant is “endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, or other antisemitic activity” will nega...
From The Boston Globe
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it will begin screening immigrant’s social media for evidence of antisemitic activity as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.
From Nieman Journalism Lab
Rights advocates and human rights experts have condemned the Trump administration, including Wednesday's announcement which they say threatens free speech and is akin to surveillance and singling out...
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US will monitor immigrants’ social media for ‘antisemitic activity’
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin screening immigrants’ social media accounts - a move that experts said the government could use to target political speech it dislikes.
DHS to screen social media of visa applicants for 'antisemitic activity'
The Department of Homeland Security will begin screening visa applicants' social media content for "antisemitic activity," it announced on Wednesday.
DHS says it will weigh antisemitic content in immigration applications
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Wednesday that effective immediately, it will begin reviewing applicants’ social media accounts, using antisemitic content as grounds
U.S. says it will start monitoring immigrants’ social media for antisemitism
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it will begin screening immigrant’s social media for evidence of antisemitic activity as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. The screenings will affect people applying for permanent residence status,
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DHS says it will screen immigrants’ social media for antisemitism
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US to check social media as it seeks to bar non-citizens suspected of antisemitism
The scrutiny will apply to foreign students, people applying for green cards — or seeking any other kind of immigration benefit.
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