For Some Reason, Immigration Officials Have To Defend Blocking People With Anti-American Views
September 10, 2025 – 7:15 am
If you do not like America, hate America, want to hurt America, denigrate America, well, why are you coming to America?
Top US immigration official defends rule targeting ‘anti-American’ views in green card, visa process
A new rule allowing a U.S. immigration agency to scrutinize a person’s “anti-American” views when applying for a green card or other benefits isn’t designed to target political beliefs, but to identify support for terrorist activity, the organization’s director told The Associated Press.
In a wide-ranging interview on Monday, the director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, delved into the agency’s contentious policy — announced last month — which allows officers to decide whether a foreigner applying for a certain benefit has endorsed what they believe are anti-American views.
Edlow also detailed problems he sees with a training program that’s popular with international students, but hated by some Trump supporters. He described how and why he’s thinking of changing the process by which hundreds of thousands of people become American citizens every year. (snip)
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