"In a notice published on Tuesday, the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) said it would also require any telephone numbers used by visitors over the same period, and any email addresses used in the last decade, as well as face, fingerprint, DNA and iris biometrics. It would also ask for the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children."

#Trump #visas #tourists #FreeSpeech
/7

"Tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.

The mandatory new disclosures would apply to the 42 countries whose nationals are currently permitted to enter the US without a visa, including longtime US allies Britain, France, Australia, Germany and Japan."

~ Chris Michael

#Trump #visas #tourists #FreeSpeech
/6

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/d…

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan

Plan would apply to countries not currently required to get visas to the US, including Britain and France

^{Chris Michael (The Guardian)}

"Per a draft for an action memo outlining options for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the administration is weighing a move to revoke the visas of Former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, CEO and founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate."

#Trump #immigrants #visas #Europe #NSS #ElonMusk #FreeSpeech
/2

"Donald Trump’s administration is in high-level talks to revoke the visas of two European green card holders, according to documentation seen by Zeteo. Both are prominent critics of Twitter (also known as 'X'), the social media site owned by on-again-off-again Trump pal, Elon Musk."

~ Prem Thakker and Asawin Suebsaeng

#Trump #immigrants #visas #Europe #NSS #ElonMusk #FreeSpeech
/1

zeteo.com/p/trump-revoke-visas…

Trump May Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk’s Twitter

Donald Trump may try to revoke the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

^{Prem Thakker (Zeteo)}

"The group cited a 'sharp deterioration of fundamental freedoms in the country … following a year of sweeping executive actions, restrictive laws and aggressive crackdowns on free speech and dissent.'”

#UnitedStates #Trump #democracy #corruption #Civicus #FreeSpeech #UnitaryExecutive
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"A coalition of global civil society organizations has downgraded the United States’ civic health rating from 'narrowed' to 'obstructed.'

In a report released on Tuesday, Civicus, a non-profit that monitors civic freedoms in 198 countries, placed the US in its 'obstructed' category."

~ Maya Yang

#UnitedStates #Trump #democracy #corruption #Civicus #FreeSpeech #UnitaryExecutive
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theguardian.com/us-news/2025/d…

US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions

Civicus, a non-profit that monitors global civic freedoms, moved the US from the ‘narrowed’ to ‘obstructed’ category

^{Maya Yang (The Guardian)}