{"id":2421593,"date":"2025-04-09T11:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-to-deny-visas-to-immigrants-with-antisemitic-views-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:01:07","slug":"trump-administration-to-deny-visas-to-immigrants-with-antisemitic-views-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-to-deny-visas-to-immigrants-with-antisemitic-views-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration to deny visas to immigrants with antisemitic views &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-administration-to-deny-visas-to-immigrants-with-antisemitic-views-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2421593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump governance is set to intensify its scrutiny of immigrants by implementing a policy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-tips-to-take-control-of-your-smartphone-before-it-takes-control-of-you\/\" title=\"7 Tips to Take Control of Your Smartphone Before It Takes Control of You\">screen social media<\/a> for antisemitic content among <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">individuals seeking green cards<\/a> and student visas.This initiative, announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), involves reviewing online comments and reported harassment against Jewish individuals as part of the immigration approval process. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin emphasized that the U.S. will not admit individuals who express support for antisemitism or associated terrorist activities. The policy will be enacted instantly, with antisemitic comments serving as grounds for visa denial. this move follows previous actions by the State Department using artificial intelligence to target visa holders in the U.S. who demonstrated sympathy for Hamas and other terrorist organizations, leading to concerns regarding first Amendment rights and free speech, notably among Arab American communities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump administration to begin screening immigrants&rsquo; social media for antisemitism<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2081597\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> is planning to expand its crackdown on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">immigrant<\/a> admissions into the United States by screening people seeking green cards and student visas for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">antisemitism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security&rsquo;s Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it will begin considering immigrants&rsquo; antisemitic posts on social media when approving requests for lawful permanent residence and visas for foreign students and individuals at educational institutions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3373921\/irs-give-ice-illegal-immigrants-tax-information-aid-deportation-effort\/\">IRS to give ICE illegal immigrants&#8217; tax information to aid deportation effort<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3374133\/chip-roy-warns-against-taking-supreme-cour-ruling-against-boasberg-to-bank\/\">Chip Roy warns against taking Supreme Court ruling against Boasberg &#8216;to the bank&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3369772\/wes-moore-weighs-signing-maryland-bill-block-ice-schools-libraries\/\">Wes Moore weighs signing Maryland bill to block ICE from schools and libraries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There is no room in the United States for the rest of the world&rsquo;s terrorist sympathizers, and we are under no obligation to admit them or let them stay here,&rdquo; Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, said in a statement. &ldquo;Secretary Noem has made it clear that anyone who thinks they can come to America and hide behind the First Amendment to advocate for antisemitic violence and terrorism &mdash; think again. You are not welcome here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The screening will begin immediately, according to the DHS, and will involve looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-mark-robinson-going-after-cnn-full-throttle-over-salacious-lies-told-by-network-we-absolutely-are\/\" title=\"GOP&#039;s Mark Robinson Going After CNN &#039;Full Throttle&#039; Over &#039;Salacious Lies&#039; Told by Network - &#039;We Absolutely Are&#039;\">comments made online<\/a> and instances of physical harassment of Jewish people. Comments can include &ldquo;endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, or other antisemitic activity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Antisemitic comments will be grounds for refusing admission.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came more than a month after it was revealed the State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3346812\/trump-administration-ai-revoke-visas-pro-hamas-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reportedly<\/a> used artificial intelligence to go after visa recipients already in the U.S. who expressed sympathy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hamas<\/a> and other terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Under a &ldquo;catch and revoke&rdquo; program that Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched, the Trump administration is scanning social media posts to identify noncitizens residing in the U.S. who are believed to support Hamas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3369772\/wes-moore-weighs-signing-maryland-bill-block-ice-schools-libraries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WES MOORE WEIGHS SIGNING MARYLAND BILL TO BLOCK ICE FROM SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rollout came as the Trump administration moved to deport&nbsp;Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card holder and recent graduate of Columbia University who helped lead protests over Israel&rsquo;s war in Gaza last year.<\/p>\n<p>The AI program has raised First Amendment concerns, with free speech and Arab American groups viewing the Gaza focus as a slippery slope that could conflate pro-Palestinian sentiment with support for Hamas. However, the State Department argued that the U.S. would never have approved the visas if the views of certain activists were known.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2081597\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2081597\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump administration to screen immigrants&#8217; social media for antisemitism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2421594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Israel-Netanyahu-Antisemitism.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7053,3813,4326,3634,8908],"class_list":["post-2421593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-antisemitism","tag-immigration","tag-policy","tag-trump","tag-visas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Israel-Netanyahu-Antisemitism.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421597,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421593\/revisions\/2421597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}