The Trump administration is set to require foreign tourists to hand over the past five years of their social media history in order to enter the United States.
The drastic move was the latest attempt by President Donald Trump to scrutinize those entering the country, after an immigration freeze from 19 countries was announced last week.
The ‘mandatory’ notice was published by Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday in the Federal Register.
Social media data would be required for any people entering the United States, including countries like the United Kingdom and Germany who don’t mandate visas for travel.
It follows a June announcement by the State Department that ordered travelers to make their social media profiles public.
People entering the US will also be asked to provide email addresses, phone numbers and information on their family members in order to achieve safe passage.
The notice said that the American public will have 60 days with which to provide comment.
With the World Cup and Olympics headed to the United States in 2026 and 2028, respectively, there will be hundreds of thousands of foreign travelers entering the country.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House and Department of Homeland Security for comment.
In August, the Trump administration said it wants immigration services to begin scrutinizing the social media accounts of potential visa and green card applicants for ‘anti-Americanism.’
President Donald Trump has made toughening up U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services a key part of his agenda on immigration but this goes beyond those trying to gain citizenship.
The policy changes follow others recently implemented since the start of the Trump administration including social media vetting and the most recent addition of assessing applicants seeking naturalization for ‘good moral character.’
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services said officers will now consider whether an applicant for benefits, such as residency, work and visa applications, ‘endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused’ anti-American, terrorist or antisemitic views.
‘America´s benefits should not be given to those who despise the country and promote anti-American ideologies,’ Matthew Tragesser, USCIS spokesman, said in a statement.
‘Immigration benefits-including to live and work in the United States-remain a privilege, not a right. If you hate America, don’t try to live in America. It’s that simple.’
‘America´s benefits should not be given to those who despise the country and promote anti-American ideologies,’ Matthew Tragesser, USCIS spokesman, said in a statement.
‘Immigration benefits-including to live and work in the United States-remain a privilege, not a right. If you hate America, don’t try to live in America. It’s that simple.’
It isn’t specified what constitutes anti-Americanism and it isn’t clear how and when the directive would be applied.
The Trump administration’s immigration services said in August it was going to begin scanning potential green card applicants’ social media accounts for ‘anti-Americanism’
‘The message is that the U.S. and immigration agencies are going to be less tolerant of anti-Americanism or antisemitism when making immigration decisions,’ Elizabeth Jacobs, director of regulatory affairs and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for immigration restrictions, said on Tuesday.
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US Justice Department accuses two Chinese men of trying to smuggle Nvidia chips
Two Chinese men are in custody for allegedly smuggling Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday, as President Donald Trump gave the green light for Nvidia to export its H200 chips to Beijing.
Prosecutors allege that Fanyue Gong, 43, a Chinese citizen living in New York, and Benlin Yuan, 58, a Canadian citizen from China, independently conspired with employees of a Hong Kong-based logistics company and a China-based AI technology company to circumvent U.S. export controls, according to the Justice Department.
In court documents, prosecutors said that Gong and his co-conspirators obtained the Nvidia chips through straw purchasers and intermediaries, and falsely claimed that the goods were for U.S. customers or customers in third countries like Taiwan and Thailand.
The chips were shipped to multiple U.S. warehouses, where individuals removed the Nvidia labels and affixed labels bearing the name of what prosecutors believe was a fake company, according to the criminal complaint. The chips were then prepared for export, according to the complaint.
In a separate complaint, prosecutors said Yuan helped recruit and organize individuals to inspect the mislabeled chips on behalf of the Hong Kong logistics company.
Yuan allegedly agreed to direct inspectors not to say the goods were destined for China, prosecutors said, adding that he also directed discussions to craft a story his company could use to get chips and other equipment released after they were seized by federal authorities.
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