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How unrealistic is this when he wants to cut the federal work force? And this is a slap in the face to our allies.
Esther Yu Hsi Lee
Immigration Reporter at ThinkProgress.
Trump wants visitors from countries like Germany and France to hand over social media passwords
Even Americas closest allies may be subject to extreme vetting.
The U.S. government is mulling whether to force foreign visitors to hand over their cellular phones so that officials can conduct social media screenings, check financial records, and ask probing questions about ideology, according to Trump administration officials who spoke with the Wall Street Journal.
Prompted by President Donald Trumps campaign call for extreme vetting to prevent foreign terrorists from entering the United States, the government is considering strict guidelines that would require embassies to spend more time interviewing visa applicants, the Journal reported. The vetting procedure could affect people around the world, including visitors from 38 countries that participate in the Visa Waiver Program, including France, Germany, and Australia. That program allows citizens from specific countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without having to get a visa.
The vetting guideline was part of Trumps revised executive order in March that bans travel from six Muslim-majority countries. According to the Wall Street Journal, the order allows security officials to provide a rigorous evaluation of whether applicants support terrorism or are at risk of causing harm.
A federal judge in Hawaii put a temporary halt to the revised executive order, but the vetting review to get more information from visitors, refugees, and immigrants, has been allowed to proceed.
As part of the review, visitors would have to turn over their phones so that officials can check stored contacts with the goal to figure out who you are communicating with, a senior Department of Homeland Security official said.
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https://thinkprogress.org/visitors-us-phone-bank-accounts-e0d4d7a1c31
spanone
(135,636 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,698 posts)This is insane.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)I can't imaging anybody who uses social media traveling to the US.
FSogol
(45,360 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)dalton99a
(81,070 posts)as usual
HAB911
(8,811 posts)and I'm a lily white citizen
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)We were just getting to the point where financially, we could swing a real vacation trip (more than camping) every couple of years, the kids were still interested in traveling with us (23 and 17), and our vacations periods (spring break and xmas aligned), now I don't feel we have the "freedoms" to do that. Our first trip was going to be to Italy. Our daughter wanted to show us where she studied and introduce us to her teachers and other friends she made there.
Also, worried about friends who are traveling right now - in Ireland and India.
MiniMe
(21,677 posts)Went on a cruise, and had no problems coming back into the country. And the cruise went to Guatemala and Belize among other stops, including Mexico.
I have to admit I was a bit nervous about the prospect of coming back through customs, but while they had customs agents there, they basically waved me through after they checked my passport.
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)What do they do if you say you don't have any? Also this will definitely go to the supreme court for unlawful search and seizure where the substantive value of information will be defined. Your passwords could be worth millions of dollars depending on who you are.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)Supreme Court! How will they rule?
MiniMe
(21,677 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,251 posts)I visited my Trump loving brother and went to two NASCAR races.
What I got out of that trip experience is that the USA has changed to the very right. I found that groceries were much more expensive than in Ontario. No more bargains that attract me. Since I've been to 40 states and along both coasts I won't miss going back. Sad i wont see Hawaii and Alaska.
Once Trump won the election it was the final nail in the coffin.
My brothers are Trump nutcases and I feel no loss if I ever see them again.
My Canadian friends are not planning to visit the USA. They dont even want to do layovers there.
Too expensive and not worth giving up our privacy to visit the USA. The abundance of guns and mentally ill Americans who have them are another reason to stay away.
I went to Cuba this winter and plan to visit more Canadian provinces and Europe this year. VisitingAmerica for me now is like visiting Russia.
So sorry for you all here on DU.
CanonRay
(14,038 posts)He's going to annihilate the travel industry.
pennylane100
(3,425 posts)All your info could be in your suitcase.
displacedtexan
(15,695 posts)I email photos captured on my ipad to myself, in order to edit them on my laptop. I have my email set up to show all inboxes from yahoo, gmail, and icloud accounts.
I bought a cell phone in Rome to use on a month-long trip, and I had my contacts in a saved email folder. It worked beautifully.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He has already single-handedly decimated the travel industry, this is just going to put the nail in the coffin. Is there nobody in his administration that can talk any sense into him?
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)And the thought of Trump's border protection department makes me glad I don't have a valid passport.