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Enlarge / Automobiles entering the USA from Canada at the Customs and Border Protection Sweetgrass border crossing on Interstate 15 in Sweetgrass, Montana. (credit: William Campbell / Corbis via Getty Images) This article originally appeared on ProPublica on November 22, 2017. It has been lightly edited. The Department of Immigration & Customs Enforcement is taking […]
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Tech experts and rights groups are criticizing a plan from the Trump administration to develop software that would automate the vetting process immigrants undergo. In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security has sought contractors to build the software, but it’s unclear what the status of those plans are. Such software would […]
AP President Donald Trump emphasized his “Extreme Vetting Program” following the deadly attack in New York. Law enforcement officials are investigating the incident as an act of terror. Uzbekistan, the suspect’s country of origin, does not fall under the list of countries in Trump’s current travel ban. Following the deadly attack in New York that killed […]
Enlarge (credit: oddharmonic) Visa applicants who the US State Department suspects may pose a danger if allowed into the country will be required to provide their social media handles on a new application (PDF) the government just unveiled. The new vetting, the State Department said, would likely ensnare about 0.5 percent of visa applicants annually—the equivalent of […]
The State Department is opening the public comment period for a proposal that seeks to inspect social media accounts and other data of visa applicants the government believes may pose a danger. The new vetting, the State Department said, likely will only impact about 0.5 percent of visa applicants per year—roughly 65,000 people. The new vetting […]
The White House has admitted that no other vetting was needed for former national security adviser Michael Flynn beyond the background check conducted by the Obama administration, shifting responsibility for the ongoing scandal to the previous president. Flynn filled out the government’s Standard Form 86 (SF-86) to renew his security clearance in January 2016, a […]
Another 29 per cent said they would comply if required but would ‘not feel comfortable’ doing so. Those who believed the extreme vetting would be ‘an invasion of privacy’ accounted for 63 per cent. Almost three quarters (72 per cent) of pollers said the new rules would make them less likely to visit the US […]
Evan Vucci/AP In a move sure to rile US allies abroad and the travel industry at home, the Trump administration is considering a plan to set up a much more adversarial system for deciding which non-citizens should be allowed into the United States. Even if they are only coming into the country for a short […]
Just one week after her acclaimed turn as White House press secretary Sean Spicer, Melissa McCarthy returned to Saturday Night Live. VIDEOSVeterans Group Using SNL Ad Buy to Confront President Trump This time around, McCarthy’s Spicer promised to be calm, but it wasn’t long before “Old Spicey” returned, chewing on an oversized piece of cinnamon gum […]
AP CAIRO/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Arabs and Iranians planning U.S. trips reacted with fury on Saturday to new American travel curbs they said were insulting and discriminatory, as five Iraqis and a Yemeni were stopped from boarding a New York-bound flight in Cairo. In some of seven Muslim-majority countries affected by the restrictions, would-be travellers preparing […]
