Trump Administration Orders Tougher Screening of Visa Applicants.

[elleng]

Source: nyt

The Trump administration is making it tougher for millions of visitors to enter the United States by demanding new security checks before giving visas to tourists, business travelers and relatives of American residents.

Diplomatic cables sent last week from Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson to all American embassies instructed consular officials to broadly increase scrutiny. It was the first evidence of the “extreme vetting” Mr. Trump promised during the presidential campaign.

The new rules generally do not apply to 38 countries — including most of Europe and longstanding allies like Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea — whose citizens can be speedily admitted into the United States under the visa waiver program. No countries from the Middle East or Africa are part of the program. In 2016, the United States issued more than 10 million visas to foreign visitors.

Even stricter security checks for people from six predominantly Muslim nations remain on hold because federal courts have temporarily blocked President Trump’s travel ban.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/politics/visa-extreme-vetting-rex-tillerson.html?

[SummerSnow]

1. So the countries where brown people live get tougher screening or just not admitted

[JPPaverage]

2. My wife is an immigrant

A brown skinned immigrant from Asia. It took me almost two years to get her here in the states. She has a daughter who was living apart from her and it took us around a year and a half to get her in. I suppose she (the kid) could have been a four year old terrorist. But she was a scared little girl at that time. I suspect that she may not get in now either if we go to their homeland.
I guess all I can say is fuck you trump. These two people are the most important people in my life. And if the "administration" wants to make it harder if not impossible for them to return if they go home, say for a funeral, then that makes it personal.

[Xipe Totec]

11. Lucky you

My daughter is Mexican. There are two waiting lines for immigrants, Mexican, and OTM (Other than Mexican). I kid you not.

She is in line waiting her turn. The approximate wait is 20 years.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. QUICK! Tell the Trumpers he's coming for their credit cards!

They won't know the difference

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Gonna hit tourism hard. Tourism industry may be sharp tip of the Trump Slump. . . . . nt

[mpcamb]

5. Get'er done, Donnie, 'cause yer calendar is going to be filled with court dates real soon.

[47of74]

6. Hopefully both civil and criminal.

[mpcamb]

8. I want all that ill begotten money from his businesses back in the US Treasury where it belongs for

all his double-dealing malfeasance.

[Panich52]

7. He should have screened his cabal members better.

Or maybe Russian ties were a prerequisite...

[dalton99a]

9. Can Donald Trump and his gang pass this tougher screening?

[elleng]

10. No need to 'pass,'

it's a process within the discretion of the agency, like a rule.

[elleng]

14. Oh WOULD they pass?

I may have misunderstood! The answer is HECK NO!

[IronLionZion]

12. If they're white they're alright, If they're brown turn them down

Someone should ask Trump about H1-B (and other visas) policy for STEM jobs.

[Stuart G]

13. When I got my VISA card all they wanted to know,,How much money I had...

oh no....it was not that kind of VISA.????....wait a moment....

I thought that is ..."the VISA


Oh...you must be thinking of ..........American Express......thank you ...