Re:Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked
by mieseratte on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:09AM
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> My family used to joke that we need the "Reasonable Police" who would be above literally everything, and intelligent people could sit there and see if something makes sense as a whole or not before a decision is made about anything.
Insofar as I'm aware, that's supposed to be our elected representatives. Unfortunately most seem to be self-interested or otherwise in the pocket of people paying them to not care.
Re:Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked
by hanniabu on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:12AM
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Sounds all good and dandy until these "Reasoning Police" are filled with antivaxers, climate change deniers, ex-fossil fuel lobbyists, monsanto reps, etc.
Re:Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked
by sjg007 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:16AM
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Nah this is just Trump's social media policy. Clearly it extends to friends and perhaps friends of friends. It should be pressed in the courts and maybe Congress should get involved. I mean we do recognize freedom of speech in this country and freedom of association. Since this kid had a valid Visa so the vetting should have been done and the bar to invalidate that visa should be high. That being said, it seems wise for people to purge their social media before visiting the US. It also seems wise not to have US social media accounts.
Re:Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked
by wil421 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:29AM
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CBP were checking social media accounts under Obama for sure. Not sure if they did it for Visa applications under Obama or not but Trump made it a requirement.
Our laws and systems are so complex and convoluted that nobody can reasonably keep track of, or apply them all in any logical or reasonable fashion. Rules exist for the purpose of being enforced, and so someone has gone about enforcing rules here. The fact there is more information is completely irrelevant to the enforcement of one particular rule.
My family used to joke that we need the "Reasonable Police" who would be above literally everything, and intelligent people could sit there and see if something makes sense as a whole or not before a decision is made about anything.
EDIT: Yes, of course I know the "Reasonable Police" is fraught with danger. That's why we would joke about it.