Donald Trump’s administration plans to require this Foreign tourists who are exempt from visa requirements to reveal their social media stories from the last day five Years before entering the United States, according to an official statement.
The proposal, detailed in a notice published Wednesday in the Federal Register, would apply to visitors to the 42 countries that do not require a visa to enter the United States, including Chile (the only Latin American on the list), Spain, ItalyFrance, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan for example.
Currently, these travelers only have to apply for a so-called permit Electronic Travel Authorization System (ESTA)which further requires the provision of certain personal data.
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Under the proposed new rules, the Collection of social media data would become a “mandatory” part of ESTA applications. According to the announcement, applicants must provide their social media histories from the last five years.
They would also have to submit other “high value data fields” including phone numbers from the last five years, email addresses from the last decade, personal data of family members and biometric information.
The notice states that the text It is requested within 60 days unless challenged in court. The text cites a January Trump executive order titled “Protect the United States from foreign terrorists and other threats to national security and public safety.”
The United States has launched a national security strategy for Latin America and strengthened its hegemony over China and Russia
The Trump administration has tightened entry restrictions into the US as part of a comprehensive offensive against migration. The country will host along with Mexico and Canada World Cup 2026which will surely attract a large number of football fans around the world.
The BBC He explained that the current entry ban on tourists from 19 countries in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, including Cuba and Venezuela, could soon be expanded, allegedly as a result of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington DC by a man from Afghanistan.
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