Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
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The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from several dozen nations that enjoy visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit additional personal information before entering the country, including five years of their social media history, the Department of Homeland Security said in a notice this week.
Citizens of 42 countries enrolled in the visa waiver program can generally come to the U.S. for up to 90 days for tourism or business travel, without needing to apply for a visa at an American embassy or consulate, a process that can take months or even years.
The list of countries in the visa waiver program includes many European nations like the United Kingdom, Germany and France, as well as some U.S. allies around the world, including Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
While citizens of these nations typically don't need visas to travel to the U.S., they still have to submit an application online using a process known as the Electronic System for Travel Authorization , or ESTA, before entering the country. That system is designed to ensure applicants are eligible for visa-free travel to the U.S., and that they don't pose security concerns.
The Trump administration is proposing to overhaul the ESTA system, mainly to transform it into a mobile-only process. The plan would require applicants to share additional information about themselves and their relatives, according to a notice posted in the federal government's journal of regulations by Customs and Border Protection, a branch of DHS.
The notice said CBP plans to ask visa waiver travelers to share their social media history for the past five years, emails they have used for the past 10 years and the personal information of immediate family members, including phone numbers and residences. The submission of social media history from the last five years will be a mandatory requirement under the proposal, according to the notice.
CBP said the changes, which still have to be reviewed by the White House's budget office, are designed to enforce an executive order President Trump issued earlier this year with the stated objective of denying entry to foreigners who may pose a threat to national security or public safety.
But critics of the proposed changes said they could scare prospective travelers and negatively impact tourism, especially months before the U.S. hosts the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside Canada and Mexico, next summer.
Over the past year, the Trump administration has mounted an aggressive effort to increase vetting and screening procedures across the U.S. immigration system.
While the State Department has moved to scrutinize visa applicants overseas more heavily, some of the changes affect people already in the U.S. who are applying to stay in the country legally through applications for asylum, green cards or American citizenship.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has instructed officials to investigate the social media history of several classes of immigrants, including for views and activities deemed to be "anti-American." It has also directed adjudicators to more intensely probe the "good moral character" of legal immigrants requesting U.S. citizenship.
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Your tax dollars hard at work scrutinizing five years of social media for every foreign visitor to keep out the meanies who hurt DJT’s feelings.
welcome to the land of free speech, right after the maga nazis make sure you didn't say mean things about their fuhrer ...
Well I would fail that test along with 99.9% of Aussies.. about bagging out Trump...
It's rather funny we have never seen so many adds in the media saying America is a great tourist destination... the adds run...
Come over and say gidday to the USA!
Our response...
You're a drongo and no bloody way!!
Funny, we have Rose Byrne telling us G'Day and come to Australia!
Morning fishy...never heard of her..
Psst social media scrutiny..that is so yesterday...
We will just introduce the Vegemite test at immigration for US citizens..
Don't like it back on the plane you go.
Works for us..😁
Aw c'mon! I really want to tease a kangaroo!
Rose Byrne. Australian actress but mostly acts in American movies and TV
Australia is safe...😁
Who needs mobile phones...
I had to google her.. don't know her or seen any of the shows etc mentioned..
With obvious exceptions...
Well I may or may not be an actual drongo-- but there's no way I would let anyone (including members of the government) know my actual political affiliations!
People have been accusing me of wearing my medals backwards. (But I reserve the right to neither confirm nor deny those sorts of accusations!)
But what I can tell you is that no one's ever seen anything like it before!!!
(But thank you for your attention to this matter).
That is what a MOBILE PHONE looks like in Australia? How disgusting. How dare you denigrate our allies?
It's OK. I, too, like to scatter L I E S!
This reminds me of the story about a woman who went to the butcher to buy a dessed chicken. The butcher hands her one to check and she presses the flesh all around for texture, smells the chcken top and bottom, sticks her hand in the cavity and feels around, then hands it back to the butcher and says: "This one won't do". The butcher replies: "Lady, could you pass a test like that?"
Ouch, ouch, ouch! That BUZ OF THE ORIENT is a crude, rude, rather delicious post.
Hal A Lose Jugs:
We must protect our DICK TATOR, for he is weak, frail, and senile. Donnie wants and needs to DESTROY America. Help him do it, RePuritians! You know you have a hardo, too, and want to destroy it too, cause you have been hurt, and are dirty, just like Dirty Donnie Fuc Up!
All HAIL SATAN'S GIFT TO THE WORLD!
I thought this was satire at first. Gettin' kinda personal ain't they?
They'll want the results of your next colonoscopy next
Here is the way it works if one wants to preserve a nation:
If somebody wants to immigrate, seek refuge or visit the US they must be able to assimilate.
For instance, let's say someone wants to come from Australia:
1) Australia has a representative democracy. Check
2) Australia has a western style culture. Check
3) Australia has a unique national identity. Check.
As opposed to someone from Somalia
1) No central government. No good
2) Most residents are Muslim (anti-west) No good
3) The crime index is extremely high. No Good
Here's the way it works if one wants to be an authoritarian:
Stifle free speech
Make everyone not a sycophant an enemy
Create your own police force
I could go on with what Trump and Co are doing, but we already know.
A good leader protects his/her nation.
Do you see what is happening to Europe?
What Muslims couldn't do with the sword, they are on track to do via migration and the womb.
You mean like Democrats did under Biden? Or are we supposed to forget they censored social media to get a specific narrative out about Trump and Covid?
You mean like Democrats did since 2015? Or are we supposed to forget about all the false accusations and hoaxes?
Hasn't happened but you keep that little fiction going. I'm not going to stifle somebody's imagination.
And your choice is to turn our representative democracy into a dictatorship?
Oh great... we should beat them to it with our own authorian state? Sounds unhinged to me, but most things MAGA does are unhinged.
Your whatabouts are hilariously unrelated to everything.
Welcome to the Handmaid's Tale.
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Replacement Theory, Vic? Seriously?
Did you look at crime statistics?
Yeeeeesh.........
putting aide the billion they stole in welfare benefits and the multitude of crimes they commit , we are purposely borrowing from our grandchildren to give money to foreigners without the skill set that could provide a benefit to our country. Suicidal empathy,
Lots of stats without sources... and not even that for "crimes" or "a billion".
Do you really need a link to the stories detailing the massive welfare fraud by Somali's in Minnesota?
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I read that almost 100 percent of those people that have been in the country more than 10 yars are STILL on welfare. Big scam looting money from hard working Americans.
I also understand that there could be as many as half of the Somalis in the country could be on fake immigration papers. Seeing what they have done with American tax dollars, it would not surprise me one bit.
Wow, you read that. I can only imagine what sources you read from. So embarrassingly biased that even you won’t mention it.
I also understand that there could be as many as half of the Somalis in the country could be on fake immigration papers
Give that they elected one who committed immigration fraud by marrying her brother, it makes sense
Lol, speaking of dogshit rightwing news sources:
Trump alleged that Elmi was her brother and that the marriage was carried out for immigration purposes, even calling for her removal from the United States. These claims trace back to an anonymous 2016 post on a Somali forum and were amplified by commentators over time.
Supporters of the allegation point to address records, filings, and photographs they say raise questions, but no confirmed evidence links Omar and Elmi as siblings.
There are no DNA results, birth documents, or official records proving a family relationship, and Omar entered the U.S. well before the marriage, which undermines the immigration motive.
Fact-checking organisations classify the claim as false or unsubstantiated, and Omar maintains that the controversy distracts from substantive policy issues.
If crimes have been committed, then the INDIVIDUAL perpetrators must be persued. Those crimes in no way justify the wholesale condemnation of an ethnic group.
"Donald Trump is a crook. Donald Trump is White. Sean Treacy is White. Sean Tracy is a crook. Sean Treacy must be imprisoned."
and Omar entered the U.S. well before the marriage, which undermines the immigration motive.
lol. You should have known you are being manipulated when you get served that straw man. The evidence she married her brother is overwhelming.
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denying foreigners entry to the country is not the same thing as punishing people for crimes.
A quick google search would have gotten you what you refuse to believe.
"New analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies shows that 81% of Somali-headed households in Minnesota are on at least one form of taxpayer-funded welfare — including food stamps, cash aid, or Medicaid.
By comparison, just 21% of native-born Minnesotan households rely on any kind of welfare. The data is based on 10 years of Census Bureau surveys (ACS) and was visualized in a recent CIS.org report. Even among Somali households in the U.S. for over a decade, rates remain near 80%."
Those people are called leeches. And before one of you call me a racist, I believe the same of any race that has relied on taxpayers this long. The only exception are those that truly need it, and it is obvious 80 percent of Somalis do not....they are just lazy.
This is the new group of people that liberals defend. This is on top of illegals, criminals, human smugglers, drug dealers, NG killers, etc.
kind of like those maga xtian nationalist assholes are trying to do here ...
I took more than enough time to look into your “overwhelming evidence” links. The first couple have nothing to do with your ridiculous accusation and actually make Omar look like the kind of diligent and tough human being who comes from a refugee upbringing, refusing to back down to racist rightwing pieces of shit who gang up on and beat women. The next couple are behind a pay wall. The next one has ZERO evidence of your ridiculous claim, just keeps mentioning conservative publications and their wild and disgusting accusations. Enough with that shit. If you think there’s something there then you can sift through it and back up your claim of “overwhelming evidence”.
At least half of American households cannot speak English "very well". Kind of makes one wonder how the questions were asked and the format of the answers.
... most likely the maga half.
That kind of makes me wonder how else you can deflect ..
Obviously you didn't. Try and read the ones detailing how she married her brother.
Here's one of many
I think the question is very pertinent to the quoted part of your comment. For instance, if the question was asked "How well do you speak the english language?" and the answers supplied were ranging from "very poorly" to "very well", than one would not be surprised to see that few people would answer "Very well".
Now, what exactly your quotation of those figures had to do with people coming here to enjoy themselves and relax being asked for the prior 5 years of their social media history.... I am sure the answer will be priceless.
What a bunch of gobbledegook. If any of that were logical and factual there would have been action taken, but it’s all hogwash and misdirection simply meant to malign. It’s hilarious how you make it sound like it’s so obvious what a multi-felon she is yet all you can do is point out nonsense links from fringe rightwing garbage sites.
Amen, Brother evilone!
if she was white, that would likely endear her to maga xtian nationalists ...
Are you in the right article? Wtf does that have to do with fives years of social media accounts for every person who wants to come to America to spend their tourist dollars? Why do you hate Americans that much?
thou shalt not have any gods before trump ...
We only need one test here for Americans..
Enough said..😁
I hate tell you what that looks like, on a pita. It must be... delicious?
Ahh Vegemite..bliss..see that will keep you mob out..🤣
It's on a toasted muffin..😁
same thing ...
The mistake most Americans make when trying Vegemite (which you can get in most larger grocery stores and World Market in US) is that they put too much on their toasted muffin. They assume it's like peanut butter or something and they slather it on and then, of course, they hate it because its waaaaay too salty.
You display the proper amount of Vegemite spread for what most here would call a toasted English muffin. A little dab'l do ya.
Morning Dismayed..you are 100% correct...a little goes along way..
I can now make you and honorary Aussie and you will be able to cross our borders with no probs...🐨
Unlike some I could mention..🤣
I went there and actually made it out safe.
Iraq under Saddan Hussein had a representative democracy. Yes, they held elections (and Saddam always got almost 100% of the vote!)
But how can you tell in advance what someone will do?
As a famous guru & Yogi master once said:
Prediction is difficult-- especially about the future!
Trump's ultimatum - "five years of social media content OR you can slip me a sack full of large bills under the table"
... a million dollar trump gold card is required to immigrate.
... send us your wanted, wealthy, and connected, yearning to be freed ...
Gold-- or Platinum? How can you tell?
There's a famous olde saying that may apply here:
At night all cats are black!
I don't have a facebook, twitter, or any social media at all so I guess I wouldn't be allowed to come.
Not positive but I'm pretty sure Newstalkers counts as social media
I like to keep my social media activity basic -
facebook - happy birthday, happy holidays ...
newstalkers - gfy unamerican maga scum ...
Used to have Facebook but got tired of the constant stream of updates and pictures of dinner and deleted it
Newstalkers is anonymous so I doubt they'd accept it.
I've always taken an active part in my privacy. My kids thought it was crazy but now they're starting to realize that I was right.
Depends upon who's counting.
Same. I’m assuming they would have no idea or care what NT is. They’re looking for blasphemous language about dear leader with hundreds of likes.
boo hoo hoo, POS/POTUS is such a fragile octogenarian ...
Are you saying you don't have an account on The Newstalkers? (Perhaps you are using someone else's account to logon here?)
In any event you seem like a nice person, so if I was in charge of the government I would definitely allow you to enter the U.S.!
Thanks Krishna. You seem like a nice person too so neither of us would probably be allowed in by Trumpco.
Coming soon: $20 billion bailout for tourist industry as all foreigners stay home.
Yeah. $20 billion to replace the $200 billion in losses.
Apparently, Canadian citizens with a Canadian passport are exempt - need only show their passport. Others have to provide all of this info:
LINK -> Visiting U.S.? Here’s who may need to share social media, family details - National | Globalnews.ca
Now, THAT should almost completely destroy America's tourist industry.
IMO the nations required to provide all that info should demand the same from Americans, and in keeping with those requirements I would add the following:
So, my American friends, maybe you'd rather stay within your 50 states. Otherwise, maybe you should sew a Canadian flag onto your backpack, like Americans did many decades ago.
IMNSHO, we should also do whatever we can to keep those damn preverts out! Prevert whose main goal would be to defame our fair, pristine (White) womanhood!
People wanting to enter the U.S. should also provide a documents listing any bizarre sexual proclivities they may have.
(Notarised by at least 3 notaries of course)
And all this time I thought you were a man.
That is something I am not willing to confirm nor deny at this time!
But people are saying that I POOTV.
Let's face it, we are no longer the "shining city on the hill."
Yesterday I head Martina Navratilova state that when she defected to the U.S. in 1975 we were the freest country in the world, and she loved us, but she would have gone somewhere else if everything happening now were happening then.
Thanks, Trump voters.
at trump's current rate of deterioration, it probably won't be too much longer ...
Totally off topic, but as I scrolled through articles skimming some of them and reading others, this picture leapt out at me as the perfect picture for posterity in the White House
Gosh, what a good way to totally squelch the tourist industry.
We went to France in June. A few days before our return trip home we received an email from the airline asking us to provide the address where we would be staying in the United States. Completely bizarre.