Not only anti-US, but also anti-Israel and pro-Palestine social media posts could block green cards as disqualification factors are expanded in a new immigration guidance issued by the Donald Trump administration. new York Times Informed. The guidance contains examples that could be seen as anti-Israel and could be grounds for denying a green card. It says social media posts that make declarations such as ‘Stop Israeli terror in Palestine’ or display crossed Israeli flags are enough to be denied a green card.Participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests or desecrating the American flag can also jeopardize your chance for a green card.“The materials were distributed last month to immigration officials at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security and handles applications for green cards and other forms of legal status,” the NYT reports.The NYT report looked at how USCIS’s role changed from a legal immigration agency to a deportation machinery under the Trump 2.0 administration.
List of ‘extremely negative factors’
- Advocating, propagating, or endorsing anti-American views
- Supporting anti-Semitic terrorism, ideologies or groups
- Support for “subversive” ideologies. As an example, the content points to someone holding “a sign advocating the overthrow of the US government.”
- insult to the american flag
- Engaging in anti-American and anti-Semitic activities on campus after 2023
- The social media post shows a map of Israel with the country’s name crossed out and the word ‘Palestine’ replaced.
- Social media posts suggest Israelis should taste what people in Gaza are tasting
According to the documents, if these negative factors are observed, immigration officers must raise all cases involving “potentially anti-American and/or anti-Semitic conduct or ideology” for review with their managers and the agency’s general counsel’s office.A green card grants lawful permanent residence to a person who is eligible under US immigration law – who has no serious criminal record, who entered the country legally, etc. But USCIS said they are now investigating the old cases because they believe investigations were lax during the Biden administration and they will re-examine those cases and revoke green cards for individuals they now deem ineligible.
