[Gaby Del Valle at The Verge]

This is dystopian:

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

I'm truly interested to learn how this squares with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, which constrains government's ability to restrict speech of anyone on US soil, including immigrants and visitors.

I agree with Beatriz Lopez, the executive director of Catalyze/Citizens, who said:

“Trump is turning online spaces into surveillance traps, where immigrants are forced to watch their every move and censor their speech or risk their futures in this country. Today it’s immigrants, tomorrow it’s U.S. citizens who dissent with Trump and his administration.”

#Democracy

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