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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Apr 9, 2025, 10:16 AM Apr 2025

DHS to Begin Screening Aliens' Social Media Activity for Antisemitism

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
‪@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social‬

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The return of broad-based ideological exclusion continues; USCIS suggests it will deny immigration benefits to anyone whose social media expresses a verboten opinion on Palestine.
DHS to Begin Screening Aliens' Social Media Activity for Antisemitism
Release Date: 04/09/2025
WASHINGTON - Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens' antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. This will immediately affect aliens applying for lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and aliens affiliated with educational institutions linked to antisemitic activity.
ALT
April 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM

The return of broad-based ideological exclusion continues; USCIS suggests it will deny immigration benefits to anyone whose social media expresses a verboten opinion on Palestine.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T14:01:46.823Z
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DHS to Begin Screening Aliens' Social Media Activity for Antisemitism (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 OP
Anti-semitism as an excuse is gaslighting. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #1
Plenty of anti-semitism to be found with Trump supporter's social media. Baitball Blogger Apr 2025 #2
So much for 'the land of the free'. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #3
The promise of the internet, free exchange of ideas Ferryboat Apr 2025 #4

Ferryboat

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4. The promise of the internet, free exchange of ideas
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 11:38 AM
Apr 2025

Has now turned into a tool to be used against those who naively believed it couldn't happen here.

Thank god I never joined Facebook.

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