Trump Proposes Checking Chinese Visitors

[DonViejo]

Source: Political Wire



February 18, 2017By Taegan Goddard

Politico: “The Trump administration is moving to expand social media checks to cover Chinese citizens traveling to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are proposing to ask Chinese visitors to disclose their social media ‘handles’ or other identifiers on common social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. The question would be asked online as part of an electronic system Chinese holders of long-term U.S. business and visitor visas use to advise of upcoming travel.”

“Answering the question would be ‘optional,’ CBP said in a notice set for publication Tuesday in the Federal Register. Those who don’t wish to answer will have their travel requests processed ‘without a negative interpretation or inference,’ the notice said.”

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[riversedge]

1. If it is optional, why distress people by asking!!

[ProudLib72]

2. So this is

fascism-lite

[IronLionZion]

3. But not Russians though

too white?

They've already done this to US citizens. The administration is deliberately sowing confusion and fear, knowing that the TSA and CBP workers on the ground can't be expected to keep up with the ever changing rules and just default to old-fashioned racism.

[DK504]

4. I guess all African citizens will be next on the list.

Opening the door to harass and illegally stopping African-Americans again. This is getting ugly.

[Marthe48]

5. Well, of course-

another ethnic group easy for idiots to single out. I wonder if the trump goons will ever go after Russian visitors? Or other caucasian types?

[dembotoz]

6. without a negative interpretation

you are at the border and the guard asks you a question...do you really believe this?

you don't want to stand out, you don't want to draw attention...i would be intimidated as all hell....
last thing you want is to be taken to the little room for further review....i would crap my pants

[saidsimplesimon]

7. A fool and a fool's errand

For a change of pace, how about a little metaphor? No insult to the punk rock community intended, read between the lines.

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[HassleCat]

8. I could have some fun with this.

"My screen names include Loofa Face, Annoying Orange, GOPFatAss..."

[Sunlei]

9. like a spy or terrorist would use one regular twitter or facebook account or cell phone.

and admit it on a form.

[iamateacher]

10. Facebook and Twitter are not available in China

They are blocked by the government. So how would they have a "handle"? No one can be that stupid....

[lunasun]

18. IKR and using our tax $$ to ask about media use blocked for years in China

Stupid crazy unsavory disreputable boobs

[COLGATE4]

11. It's all a big misunderstanding.

What really happened is that Dumbo asked for a set of 'Chinese Checkers'.

[iamateacher]

12. LOL!!

[AgadorSparticus]

17. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! That was a good one!!!

[paleotn]

13. Umm, my social media handle?

....it's Fuck You.

[meadowlander]

14. So are we staffing 24/7 Mandarin translators in all airports now to troll through Facebook posts

without any probable cause? Keeping in mind that a large number of Chinese visitors will be posting in Cantonese, Shanghainese or some other regional dialect and, as mentioned above, on renren and weibo.com instead of Facebook and Twitter.

And will we also be employing an army of Urdu, Farsi, Arabic, French and Spanish translators?

But of course we're not going to let any immigrants in who speak any of those languages...

Because it makes so more sense to do this than it does just to let the intelligence community flag people of interest based on actual surveillance.

For someone who has a lot invested in the hospitality industry, Trump seems determined to kill tourism to the US.

[bora13]

15. chinese checkers?

[area51]

19. I saw what you did there.

[classof56]

16. What's next? A Chinese Exclusion Act?

Or perhaps a Products Made in China Exclusion Act? Yeah, let's go for that. Oh, but wait--then where would Trumpie get all his ties 'n stuff?

[nikibatts]

20. Isn't China already calling in it's debts? They own huge swaths of buildings and housing in US.

this will not end well.