US Citizenship and Immigration Services will screen social media platforms for antisemitic speech as grounds to deny immigration benefits, the agency announced.
The new policy will take effect immediately, the agency said Wednesday, and will apply to apply to green card applicants as well as international students.
USCIS will look specifically for demonstrations of support for groups including Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, or the Houthi movement in Yemen. It will consider social media content that indicates, espouses, or endorses “antisemitic activity” as a factor in discretionary analysis in adjudicating immigration benefits.
The new policy comes weeks after USCIS announced ...
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