White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social media and phone contacts

Re:White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social... by Tepix on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:57AM (#13514658)

Notably:

"If the foreign visitor declines to share such information, he or she could be denied entry."

That part is new, isn't it?

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Re:White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social... by dogma1138 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @11:01AM (#13514693)

No, this is refusal to cooperate with a border control / immigration agent which is grounds for rejection of entry.

I've seen 2 loud white chicks being denied entry to the US with a valid visa because they were acting obnoxious and causing a mess at the immigration line in JFK.

If they don't want you in it's extremely easy, if you used drugs, if you gotten as much as a parking ticket it's enough for them to deny you entry either due to lying or not being "of good character".

And this happens a lot to people of all races, nationalities, sexes and ages.

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Re:White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social... by detaro on Sunday January 29, 2017 @11:01AM (#13514698)

An official rule to deny entry might be new, not sure, but border control can already deny entry for that (as they can for basically any other reason).

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Re:White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social... by smsm42 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @12:50PM (#13515452)

Anybody who is not a citizen can be denied entry. So it's not new, just reiterating that they have this authority - which they always had.

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