"There are moments when a single policy proposal reveals the full machinations behind it. The Trump administration's recent attempt to dramatically expand what foreign visitors must disclose before entering the United States is one of those moments. According to the , visitors from 42 Visa Waiver countries may soon be required to surrender five years of social media history, 10 years of email addresses, all phone numbers used over the past five years, as well as facial, fingerprint, DNA, and iris biometrics."
"They would also need to report the names, addresses, and birthplaces of their children and other family members. These requirements apply to ostensibly close US allies, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, and Japan. Since 1986, citizens of Visa Waiver countries have been able to stay in the United States for 90 days or less without a visa. This isn't just bureaucratic overreach. It's a signal, one with very real consequences for the art market."
""DHS has never found social media screening to be good at vetting travelers or immigrants," Scott told me. "Indeed, a pilot program run by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that experimented with social media screening for immigration vetting found it borderline useless. What social media vetting is go"
US Customs and Border Protection proposes requiring visitors from 42 Visa Waiver countries to provide five years of social media history, ten years of email addresses, all phone numbers used over the past five years, facial, fingerprint, DNA, and iris biometrics, and family members' names, addresses, and birthplaces. The rule would apply to allies including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, and Japan and would alter a system that has allowed 90-day visa-free stays since 1986. The proposal raises privacy, civil liberties, free-speech, diplomatic, and travel concerns and could deter artists, collectors, and other international visitors. Civil-rights and privacy groups contend social-media vetting is ineffective and part of broader repressive, anti-immigrant practices.
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