Trump Wants Immigrants on U.S. Soil to Hand Over Social Media Accounts to Apply for Citizenship
Trump Wants Immigrants on U.S. Soil to Hand Over Social Media Accounts to Apply for Citizenship
So, just answer, "I don't use social media"
I know someone who legit does not have any social media accounts for almost 20 years in the US on a green card, unless you count their google account. I can imagine the frustration of the bureaucrat that goes, "Oh yeah? We'll find you..." 10 months later. "You must be a spy!"
No, create a fake social media account praising Trump!
This was already the case under Biden (since 2019 at least), and many other countries do the same. Asking for social media usernames when applying for a visa was already a normalized part of the process, so to me this is basically a nothingburger.
Shit, I didn't realize you were so young. Back in the 90s, before 9/11, none of these disclosure requirements existed; only a customs declaration was required to enter the country, and the naturalization process consisted of paying a fee, taking a test, and swearing an oath. We used to associate this sort of disclosure requirement with petty kingdoms like Bahrain or Thailand, where there are laws against insulting the monarch and therefore a justification for thought police. We shouldn't let any of the four presidents who have slid us into fascism avoid the blame.
I was there :) And yes you're right, but also social media didn't really exist at the time as we know it now.
The difference is that the US is now denying visas based solely on whether the applicants political speech aligns with the Nazi party.
None of this shit is normal if you understand context and nuance.
What they’re saying is that handling your social handles was always part of a visa application process (at least as far back as 2016). So saying that they now want that is a lie. And there’s zero reason to lie to show the current administration is bad. There’s plenty of truth out there that does the job very well.
