Posted on 08/19/2025 5:46:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for “anti-Americanism’,” authorities said Tuesday, raising concerns among critics that it gives officers too much leeway in rejecting foreigners based on a subjective judgment.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said officers will now consider whether an applicant for benefits, such as a green card, “endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused” anti-American, terrorist or antisemitic views.
“America’s benefits should not be given to those who despise the country and promote anti-American ideologies,” Matthew Tragesser, USCIS spokesman, said in a statement. “Immigration benefits—including to live and work in the United States—remain a privilege, not a right.”
It isn’t specified what constitutes anti-Americanism and it isn’t clear how and when the directive would be applied.
“The message is that the U.S. and immigration agencies are going to be less tolerant of anti-Americanism or antisemitism when making immigration decisions,” Elizabeth Jacobs, director of regulatory affairs and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for immigration restrictions, said on Tuesday.
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They say that like it's a bad thing.
Yes they do. Several times just in the excerpt.
Good! We have no need for ingrates and those who hate the country and its history, culture and traditions.
Pretty much a blanket exclusion of muslims...
AP Is just disgusting. Of course we don’t to let US hating a-holes into our country.
Good!
I voted for this!
Wow. Read the room, AP. You’re exactly right. What’s described here is no doubt supported by a majority of the population. They need to go back to looking for individual sob stories. There, if anywhere, is the left’s hope of Tue ing back the tide of public opinion
Me too!
That's just a strange position when you think about it.
We have enough Americans who hate our country, we don’t need foreigners moving here to help them.
I call that WINNING!!
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These are the same kinds of people that defended the thugs Sacco and Vanzetti back in the day.
Historically this is how it always was. Its nothing new. Commies and other American hating scum were excludable under INA are still are. We just haven’t enforced the provisions for 60 years.
It’s about God dame time.
It appears that the authors of this bs article have forgotten how the terrorists who flew planes into buildings, killing nearly 2000 people on 9-11 got here-and who they were. No way do we need to let anyone into this country again to work/live without knowing they are not anti-American, members of a terrorist organization, etc...
Feel good story.
Since most of the ones screaming are anti-American, shouldn’t be a surprise that they want more who hate America here
This is just common sense and long overdue. Let AP cry all they want
If they are not legal ship them back. The can prove their “Americanism” from their home country with their application for citizenship. We’ll get back to them.
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