It's been in the news for months.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-administrations-cr...

Interesting, thanks for that. After reading a bit more, it seems, rather than "threat to national security" as claimed by NPR, Trump is more likely using "threat to U.S. foreign policy interests" as defined in Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which became law as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) signed by Bill Clinton. Perhaps that law needs to go.

>Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

>An alien whose presence or activities in the United States the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States is deportable.[0]

What one deems reasonable ground can speak very clearly about their intended application of that law.

[0]https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim...

My understanding from my law training is that, perhaps surprisingly, "reasonable" is an objective, not subjective standard. The "reasonable" standard asks whether a hypothetical, ordinary and rational person, acting reasonably, would reach the same conclusion based on the same information. And this can be decided by a judge or jury if/when necessary.

> The "reasonable" standard asks whether a hypothetical, ordinary and rational person, acting reasonably, would reach the same conclusion based on the same information. And this can be decided by a judge or jury if/when necessary.

It's subjective in other words. A jury would be unnecessary otherwise.

He's a disingenuous troll, not even worth engaging. Let him bask in the glory of his Greater North Korea alone.

From the article:

“(…) officers have been instructed to look for any indication of 'hostility' toward the U.S. or its people, although it did not provide further details of what exactly that could mean.”

When the search is open-ended and under the officer's criteria, anything can be an excuse to revoke a visa. Recently, there was news about a visitor rejected because of a JD Vance meme, so this is not hypothetical. It is also the perfect excuse for racism: If I don’t like your face, then let me do a deep search of any comment or meme that you liked in your social media history.

For example, this comment in a public thread can be read as “hostile,” as I’m implying a critique of the current government. Even if that happens in exceptional cases when the officer has a bad day, it has a chilling effect because you’ll be extremely careful of what you say on Internet forums if your goal is to apply for a visa.

> Recently, there was news about a visitor rejected because of a JD Vance meme, so this is not hypothetical.

Everything I've seen indicates the administration and the right love those JD Vance memes. Why would they reject "one of their own"?

Related news coverage:

https://time.com/7297472/jd-vance-meme-mads-mikkelsen-touris...

A tourist got his entry denied after a search on his phone.

According to the tourist, it was because of that meme. According to the CBP, it was because of his past drug use, and a photo related to that was on his phone. Which one is right? I don’t know. The situation wasn’t clear, so it made the news. Those phone searches are the perfect excuse to deny your entry. The reason for the denial wasn’t apparent, which is why it got to the news (by the way, I read the news a week ago, before the CBP response, which I read while finding you the link to the news).

As a foreigner who travels to the US from time to time, that makes me uneasy. It only takes a friend to send a photo or meme through WhatsApp to get you in trouble.

> It only takes a friend to send a photo or meme through WhatsApp to get you in trouble.

Does it? The particular meme which was claimed to be the issue is something the administration and people on the right enjoy. I can't see anyone on the side of the administration being vindictive for having that meme.

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1898372454235451694

https://youtu.be/ejIPG8-rm7k?si=0nsvoalAz6XvLFE3&t=240

https://youtu.be/pmM6N1XxHjc?si=JO5teQIikHXfXnEW&t=80

None of that is unique to the present adminstration (not that you said it was), it's been that way at the border for a long time and people have brought up your - valid - concerns before. That said is there any direct evidence of racism in this latest news cycle?