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US immigration agencies read visa applicant's social media
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this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2023
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More importantly, the main thing is that no non-citizen has an inherent right to American citizenship or a visa. An immigrant won't be arrested for posting anti-American content, but they're not owed the privilege of an invitation either.
Yeah I fall fairly solidly into the left side of the political spectrum, but I think it's fine for any country to tell someone seeking a visa to fuck off when you find out that their twitter history is full of them posting pro ISIS memes. Hard pass, my guy.
The one point about this that I find problematic is that a policy like this is all fine and well until the wrong people get in charge of determining what sort of content is grounds for rejection.
And in that context, this article is pretty timely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/trump-religion-immigration/
It isn't like there is a shortage of people who want to come here. We can afford to be a bit picky.
Like all things moderation. I dont think we really should care in your hypothetical nor do I think if someone says some comment on Twatter ten years ago criticizing a part of US foreign policy that it should be held against him.
That would probably fall under explicit discrimination on the basis of religion, which is going to have more legal protections, though I'm very much not a lawyer.
That gets pretty murky if we're talking about non resident aliens and also considering how out of wack the current Supreme Court is.
Muslim fine, supporting ISIS not fine. We can worry about the edge cases later.