U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that hereafter it will consider an alien’s history of expressing anti-American sentiments on, for example, social media, when processing requests for visas and the like. USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser said:
America’s benefits should not be given to those who despise the country and promote anti-American ideologies. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is committed to implementing policies and procedures that root out anti-Americanism and supporting the enforcement of rigorous screening and vetting measures to the fullest extent possible. Immigration benefits—including to live and work in the United States—remain a privilege, not a right.
The guidance will be inserted into the USCIS Policy Manual.
It is amazing that any country would entertain any other policy when evaluating any foreigner who wants to live here, but that’s the situation we’re in. The blatantly obvious has to be spelled out, and even then, you can bet the Left will scream bloody murder.
For more, see the USCIS website.