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The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years.
The new questions, part of an effort to tighten vetting of would-be visitors to the United States, was approved on May 23 by the Office of Management and Budget despite criticism from a range of education officials and academic groups during a public comment period.
Critics argued that the new questions would be overly burdensome, lead to long delays in processing and discourage international students and scientists from coming to the United States.
Under the new procedures, consular officials can request all prior passport numbers, five years' worth of social media handles, email addresses and phone numbers and 15 years of biographical information including addresses, employment and travel history.
Officials will request the additional information when they determine "that such information is required to confirm identity or conduct more rigorous national security vetting," a State Department official said on Wednesday.
The State Department said earlier the tighter vetting would apply to visa applicants "who have been determined to warrant additional scrutiny in connection with terrorism or other national security-related visa ineligibilities."
(Score: 1, Troll) by TheGratefulNet on Saturday June 03 2017, @08:41PM (4 children)
christianity is NOT islam!
nothing like it. not even close.
some similarities, but only cursory.
islam has, as its ROOT mission, to convert the earth to their religion. PERIOD. if you do not understand that, you understand nothing about that religion and how it 'works' with the 'infidels'.
folks, this is not - by definition - winnable. they won't change and so nothing will get better.
perhaps SLOWLY, over 2-10 generations, they might mellow out. but in our lifetime? not a chance in hell.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 5, Touché) by FatPhil on Saturday June 03 2017, @09:19PM
(And to the spectators out there, I'm sure he didn't expect that. Then again, noooooooone expects....)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @09:20PM (1 child)
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
-- Mark 16:15-16
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
-- Matthew 28:19
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Sunday June 04 2017, @01:24PM
Oops... sorry, this message was hidden and I didn't read it before I just posted. Sorry to duplicate info.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by AthanasiusKircher on Sunday June 04 2017, @01:23PM
Um... Jesus's last words [biblegateway.com] on Earth before ascending into Heaven after this resurrection:
Or, another gospel account [biblegateway.com]:
Now, we can argue about the methods modern Muslims to use for their evangelization vs. the MODERN Christians. (Historically, Christians were often happy to massacre pagans who refused to convert too.) But you cannot pretend that the FOUNDATIONAL message of Christianity wasn't the conversion of all people to that religion.
That was, perhaps more than anything else, what differentiated early Christianity from Judaism. Jews had a traditional "tribal" God, who belonged to THEM, not others. The Christian God instead insisted that the message be spread to the entire world -- and if it wasn't, those people would go to hell.
Islam inherited the evangelical mission from Christianity.