Homeland Security to scan migrants' social media posts for antisemitism: 'No room for terrorist sympathizers'

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services volition present commencement considering migrants’ antisemitic enactment connected societal media arsenic "grounds for denying migration payment requests," with Homeland Security vowing determination is "no country successful the United States for the remainder of the world’s violent sympathizers." 

Homeland Security announced Wednesday that the alteration volition "immediately impact aliens applying for lawful imperishable nonmigratory status, overseas students and aliens affiliated with acquisition institutions linked to antisemitic activity." 

"Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) volition statesman considering aliens’ antisemitic enactment connected societal media and the carnal harassment of Jewish individuals arsenic grounds for denying migration payment requests," it said. 

"Consistent with President Trump’s enforcement orders connected Combatting Anti-Semitism, Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism and Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats, DHS volition enforce each applicable migration laws to the maximum degree, to support the homeland from extremists and violent aliens, including those who enactment antisemitic terrorism, convulsive antisemitic ideologies and antisemitic violent organizations specified arsenic Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, oregon Ansar Allah aka: ‘the Houthis,’" the bureau added. 

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT QUESTIONED FORMER COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT OVER ANTISEMITISM 

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is recognized arsenic President Donald Trump speaks during an lawsuit successful the Rose Garden astatine the White House connected April 2. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

The improvement comes arsenic the Trump medication is trying to ace down connected antisemitism – peculiarly connected assemblage campuses – that has been brewing since Hamas’ onslaught connected Israel successful October 2023. 

"There is nary country successful the United States for the remainder of the world’s violent sympathizers, and we are nether nary work to admit them oregon fto them enactment here," Tricia McLaughlin, Homeland Security adjunct caput for nationalist affairs, said successful a statement. 

PRINCETON EVENT WITH FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER DISRUPTED BY ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS 

The Homeland Security emblem connected an Immigration and Customs Enforcement gathering successful Washington, D.C., successful January 2023. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"Sec. [Kristi] Noem has made it wide that anyone who thinks they tin travel to America and fell down the First Amendment to advocator for antisemitic unit and coercion – deliberation again. You are not invited here," she added. 

Students attending a caller yearly Israel artifact enactment astatine the University of Texas astatine Austin were met with disruptive anti-Israel protesters. (Fox News)

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Under the caller guidance, Homeland Security said USCIS volition "consider societal media contented that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, oregon supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic violent organizations, oregon different antisemitic enactment arsenic a antagonistic origin successful immoderate USCIS discretionary investigation erstwhile adjudicating migration payment requests."