(Washington) The US government said on Tuesday that it would seek “anti-American” opinions, including on social networks, when it rules on the right to reside in the United States.
The American citizenship and immigration services, which deal with requests for stay in the United States or naturalization, have announced that they were going to strengthen control of messages published by immigration candidates in the United States on social networks.
“The advantages offered by the United States should not be granted to those who despise the country and promote anti-American ideologies,” said Matthew Tragesser, agency spokesperson, in a statement.
“The advantages of immigration, including the right to live and work in the United States, remain a privilege and not a law,” he added.
The American law on immigration and nationality, which dates back to 1952, defined anti -Americanism, which at the time mainly aimed at the Communists.
President Donald Trump’s administration has already taken measures to refuse or cancel the short -term visas of persons deemed incompatible with the interests of the American foreign policy.
The latest directives specify that the American authorities will also examine whether candidates “promote anti -Semitic ideologies”.
The Trump administration accused foreign anti -Semitism students for protesting the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, accusations they reject. She also attacked renowned universities on the pretext that according to her let her propagate anti -Semitic ideas on their campuses.
On Monday, the State Department said that it had revoked 6000 student visas since the entrance to the Secretary of State Marco Rubio in January.
