Trump Administration Considers Vetting Social Media Accounts for Immigrants

The Trump administration may soon demand the social media accounts of people applying for green cards, U.S. citizenship, and asylum or refugee status. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — the federal agency that oversees legal migration, proposed the new policy in the Federal Register — calling this information “necessary for a rigorous vetting and screening” of all people applying for “immigration-related benefits.”

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