Huh, What???: Trump Proposes Checking Chinese Visitors

[kpete]

Trump Proposes Checking Chinese Visitors

February 18, 2017

Politico: “The Trump administration is moving to expand social media checks to cover Chinese citizens traveling to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are proposing to ask Chinese visitors to disclose their social media ‘handles’ or other identifiers on common social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. The question would be asked online as part of an electronic system Chinese holders of long-term U.S. business and visitor visas use to advise of upcoming travel.”

“Answering the question would be ‘optional,’ CBP said in a notice set for publication Tuesday in the Federal Register. Those who don’t wish to answer will have their travel requests processed ‘without a negative interpretation or inference,’ the notice said.”

http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015a-4d60-d693-abda-efe5d8430001
https://politicalwire.com/2017/02/18/trump-proposes-checking-chinese-visitors/#disqus_thread
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/trump-chinese-visitors-social-media-check-235146

[iamateacher]

1. As I noted on another post about this....

Facebook and Twitter are not available in China. The Internet is a closed system and the government does not allow them.

[HassleCat]

4. All the more reason!

They're concealing something that doesn't exist. That proves they are devious and inscrutable.

[iamateacher]

13. Lol, you rock!

[HassleCat]

2. It's a Charlie Chan movie!

"Hey, Pop! Hey, Pop! We need to tell Donald Trump all our screen names, or they'll deny us entry!"

"Ah, so, Numbah One Son. Not want to make patriotic American xenophobe go all ballistic. Smile very much. Show picture of cute panda bear. Say we love crazy president very bigly."

[nsd]

3. But not Russians? /nt

[NotThisTime]

5. So they are going to go after Chinese visitors? The number 1 spender in the U.S. on travel

just great... like the travel segment isn't already suffering...

[Talk Is Cheap]

6. Would these people then be called Chinese Checkers?

[trof]

8. * rim shot*

[Retrograde]

7. A lot of Chinese tourists on the West Coast

and while some of us would like to see fewer of those ginormous tour buses idling in residential neighborhoods, they do spend a lot of money here.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Another distraction...

more bullshit from Trump that probably won't hold up in court.

[coco22]

10. I was waiting for this..

I was saying to a friend next will be Asians someway,somehow.

Racist MFKER. When will he come for illegal Scots,Russian,Australians,Irish,British..seems to be a lot of those spokepersons on FOX talking about removing people.

[sarah FAILIN]

11. So nobody else has a fake account except me?

Just to lurk around places I don't want to be seen lurking.. Might want to get one people just to have a "clean" account.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

12. If it's optional

why even bother? What purpose does this serve other than to invade people's privacy? And who would be insane enough to just give this information up? It's private- unless you're suspected of a crime (and even then, a warrant is required). Hello Trump USA!!!

[JI7]

14. racist piece of shit