USCIS ramps up screening for “Anti-American”, antisemitic views

Updated guidance weighs migrants’ moral code in visa, naturalisation, national security decisions

Anti-American mural on the outer wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran.
Anti-American mural outside the former US Embassy in Tehran. iStock.com/Glen_Pearson

Expanding on its controversial social media vetting policy, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its guidance to officers on how discretion may be used when decidin