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February 12, 2026
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US to screen social media accounts of immigrants

US immigration authorities said Wednesday they will look at social media accounts of immigrants and deny visas or residence permits to people who post content considered anti-Semitic by President Donald Trump's administration.Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ‘has made it clear that anyone who thinks they can come to America and hide behind the First Amendment to advocate for anti-Semitic violence and terrorism — think again. You are not welcome here,’ department spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the government has revoked at least 300 visas in the past few weeks.These measures have sparked a wave of criticism from human rights and academic organizations, which expressed concern over the suppression of free speech and the conflation of antisemitism with criticism of Israeli occupation, particularly amid the growing pro-Palestinian protests at several US universities. (

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